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To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「抹月秕風」 explained, free of charge.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「抹月秕風」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

It means using romance as a dish. This is a witty way for scholars to express that they are poor and have nothing to offer to guests.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mò yuè bǐ fēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

maat3/mut3 yut6 bei2 fung1

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