Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「家道消乏」.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「家道消乏」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Family background: family circumstances and family economic situation. Lack of: poverty, emptiness. The family is poor and financially strapped.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiā dào xiāo fá
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ga1 dou6 siu1 fat6
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
