Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「利出一孔」 and how it’s used.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「利出一孔」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
There is only one way to grant rewards of wealth and honor, and that is to engage in farming and warfare.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lì chū yī kǒng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lei6 cheut1 yat1 hung2
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.

