Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「牛衣歲月」.
Learn about the idiom 「牛衣歲月」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Refers to a life of poverty.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
niú yī suì yuè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngau4 yi1 seui3 yut6
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
