Wife and son(diǎn qī yù zǐ)

Wife and son

Dianqiaozi is a Chinese idiom, pronounced di ǎ NQ ī y ù Z ǐ; meaning: pawn; meaning: sell. Pawn your wife. It describes living in extreme poverty.

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Huang Liuhong's Fu Hui Quan Shu Xing Ming Shi Bian Fang in the Qing Dynasty: "how can the poor people in Mu Mu be like this? It's bound to ruin my family and property. I'll pay for it by pawning my wife and children. "

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In the old society, the poor people could only live on their wives and children.

Chinese PinYin : diǎn qī yù zǐ