Peddling
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m à I é RTI à f à, which means to sell one's wife and children to others because of life. It comes from the book of Southern Qi, biography of good governance, Yu Yuan.
The origin of Idioms
The book of the Southern Qi Dynasty, biography of good governance, Yu Yuan: "Your Majesty, when you come to this temple, all the people sell their children and their wives money. If the Buddha knows, you should be sad."
Idiom usage
It refers to living in poverty. example if you sell your children and care for your wife, you can't have merit and virtue in a tower! Song of the thousand pagodas of Xiuhui temple in South Han Dynasty by Huang Zunxian in Qing Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : mài ér tiē fù
Peddling
lighting accompanied by peals of thunder. léi diàn jiāo jiā
the widower , the widow , the orphan and the childless. guān guǎ gū qióng
the greatness of a man lends glory to a place. rén jié dì líng