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Let’s learn about the idiom 「家無鬥儲」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

The family’s food reserves were less than a bushel of grain. Describes a difficult life.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiā wú dòu chǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ga1 mou4 dau3 chou5/chyu5

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