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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 「攜男挈女」—details below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「攜男挈女」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Leading boys and girls. It is often used to describe the hardships of a journey or a livelihood.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xié nán qiè nǚ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kwai4 naam4 kit3 neui5

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