Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「食毛踐土」, with more below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「食毛踐土」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Mao: refers to the grains grown on the ground; Jian: refers to stepping on. The original meaning is that the food we eat and the land we live on belong to the monarch. Feudal officials used it to express their gratitude to the monarch.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shí máo jiàn tǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sik6 mou1/mou4 chin5 tou2
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
