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Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「把飯叫饑」, with its explanation below.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「把飯叫饑」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

A metaphor for doing something unnecessary.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bǎ fàn jiào qí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ba2 faan6 giu3 gei1

The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.