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We’re presenting the idiom 「賣兒貼婦」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
It refers to selling one’s wife and children to others due to financial difficulties.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mài ér tiē fù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
maai6 yi4 tip3 fu5
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