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

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「拖男帶女」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

Leading boys and girls. It is often used to describe the hardships of a journey or the difficulties of making a living.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tuō nán dài nǚ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

to1 naam4 daai3 neui5

Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.