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The Chinese idiom 「反裘負芻」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.
Fanqiu: wearing a leather coat inside out; fu: carrying on the back; chu: firewood and straw. Wearing a fur coat inside out and carrying firewood. Describes poverty and hard work. It also refers to a person who is ignorant and does not know the importance of things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fǎn qiú fù zōu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
faan2 kau4 fu6 cho1
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