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Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「飯囊酒甕」, explained here.

Today, we explore the idiom 「飯囊酒甕」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

A metaphor for people who only know how to eat and drink but not how to do anything.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fàn náng jiǔ wèng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

faan6 nong4 jau2 ung3

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