Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「散灰扃戶」, as shown below.
The idiom 「散灰扃戶」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
①Sprinkle ashes on the ground and lock the doors. ② In the old days, “scattering ashes and locking the door” was used to satirize the morbid mentality and ridiculous behavior of wives and concubines who were guarding against idleness.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sàn huī jiōng hù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
saan2 fui1 gwing1 wu6
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.
