Character combinations make words; words evolve into idioms. Learn 「十室九空」 today with this free Chinese resource.
The idiom being introduced now is 「十室九空」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Room: other people’s home. Nine out of ten families have nothing. Describes the desolate scene after a large number of people have died or fled.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shí shì jiǔ kōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sap6 sat1 gau2 hung1
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