Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「飯糗茹草」, with more below.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「飯糗茹草」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
Fan, Ru: eat; Qiu: dry food; Cao: refers to wild vegetables. They ate dry food and wild vegetables. Describes a hard life.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fàn qiǔ rú cǎo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
faan6 chau3 yu4 chou2
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
