4 characters Idiom and proverb 29 192

Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「羹藜唅糗」 for your learning.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「羹藜唅糗」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

Quinoa is a wild vegetable; 唅 means food. Generally refers to poor diet. Also written as “soup containing quinoa and millet”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gēng lí hán qiǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gang1 lai4 ham4 chau3

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