Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「嫌貧愛富」, with more below.
Today’s idiom is 「嫌貧愛富」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
Despise poverty and love wealth. It means that one’s likes and dislikes of people are based on their wealth.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xián pín ài fù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yim4 pan4 oi3 fu3
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