Free Chinese learning materials for you! This series uncovers idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning. Let’s break down 「家貧親老」 and its usage.
Discover the idiom 「家貧親老」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
The family is poor and the parents are old. In the old days, it referred to people who were from a poor family and could not leave their elderly parents to make a living outside.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiā pín qīn lǎo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ga1 pan4 chan1 lou5
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