Divide the house and cut down the share(fēn fáng jiǎn kǒu)

Divide the house and cut down the share

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē NF á ngji ǎ NK ǒ u, which means the old famine, in order to reduce the burden of the family, to maintain a livelihood, the population is large, each part of the escape. From the text of the contract.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan · anonymous "contract text" wedge: "now for these six materials don't accept, boss words, I divide. Brother, you keep your ancestral property. I'll go to other countries and get familiar with you. "

Analysis of Idioms

Cut down

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in famine years

Chinese PinYin : fēn fáng jiǎn kǒu