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Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「膏粱紈袴」—details below.

The idiom 「膏粱紈袴」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

Gaoliang: fatty meat and fine grains; wanha: trousers made of fine silk. Refers to the children of wealthy families.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gāo liáng wán kù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gou1 leung4 yun4 fu3

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