Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「口腹之累」, explained here.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「口腹之累」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Mouth and stomach: refers to food and drink; tired: to be implicated. Refers to being implicated because of diet.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
kǒu fù zhī lèi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hau2 fuk1 ji1 leui6
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
