dire poverty(niú nóng duì qì)

dire poverty

Niu Nong weeps to each other, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ni ú n ó ngdu ì Q ì, which means sleeping in a cow's clothes, weeping relatively. It describes a couple living a poor life together. It comes from the biography of Wang Zhang in the book of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Wang Zhang in the book of Han: "at the beginning, Zhang was Zhu Sheng, who studied Chang'an and lived alone with his wife. Chapter disease, no quilt, lying in cattle clothes; with his wife, cry

Idiom usage

The Weng family is short of food, has no way to borrow money, and has exhausted the quality of the classics. Xuanding, Qing Dynasty, records of night rain and autumn lights, Yimao.

Chinese PinYin : niú nóng duì qì