Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「牛衣病臥」, with details below.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「牛衣病臥」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Describes being poor and sick.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
niú yī bìng wò
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngau4 yi1 beng6 ngo6
There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.

