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Here’s the idiom 「轢釜待炊」, with its definition and practical application described below.
The sound of scraping the pot, waiting for the fire to be lit for cooking. Describes a difficult life.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lì fǔ dài chuī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lik1 fu2 doi6 cheui1
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