Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「焚枯食淡」 and its explanation.
The featured idiom 「焚枯食淡」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Roasted dried fish, light taste. Describes a hard life.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fén kū shí dàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fan4 fu1 sik6 daam6
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