We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「紈絝子弟」, with its explanation below.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「紈絝子弟」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
Wan trousers: fine silk trousers. Young people in fancy clothes. In the old days, it referred to the children of rich and powerful people such as bureaucrats and landlords who spent their days eating, drinking and having fun and did not work properly.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wán kù zǐ dì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yun4 fu3 ji2 dai6
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