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Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「桑戶棬樞」 and how it’s used.

Let’s learn about the idiom 「桑戶棬樞」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Use mulberry branches as the door and wooden strips as the hinges. Describes a simple residence and a poor family background.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

sāng hù juàn shū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

song1 wu6 hyun1 syu1

There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.