Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「牛衣夜哭」—details below.
Here, we present the idiom 「牛衣夜哭」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Describes a couple living a poor life together. Same as “Crying in Cow Clothes”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
niú yī yè kū
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngau4 yi1 ye6 huk1
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