Sell from the south to the North(nán fàn běi gǔ)

Sell from the south to the North

Nanshang Beijia, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n á NF à Nb à Ig à, which means running around to make a living. It comes from Yi Lin by Jiao Yanshou of Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

To make a living.

The origin of Idioms

Jiao Yanshou's Yilin of the Han Dynasty, Volume 8: "sell in the South and sell in the north, make a city with resentment, and gain autonomy."

Idiom usage

As a subject, object, attribute

Chinese PinYin : nán fàn běi gǔ