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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「草間求活」, with its usage explained below.

Let’s dive into the idiom 「草間求活」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Kusama: in the grass. Describes the desire to just survive for the present.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

cǎo jiān qiú huó

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chou2 gaan1 kau4 wut6

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.