Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「分文不名」.
Here, we present the idiom 「分文不名」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Name: Possession. Not a penny. A metaphor for being extremely poor.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fèn wén bù míng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fan1 man4 bat1 ming4/meng2
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
