访贫问苦 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to visit the poor and ask about their suffering

Character by character

• 访fǎngto visit; to inquire, to ask
• 贫pínpoor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 问wènto ask about, to inquire after
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering

Idioms sharing a character

• 串亲访友 chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu
• 明察暗访 míng chá àn fǎng
• 访亲问友 fǎng qīn wèn yǒu
• 一贫如洗 yī pín rú xǐ
• 劫富济贫 jié fù jì pín
• 嫌贫爱富 xián pín ài fù
• 安富恤贫 ān fù xù pín
• 安贫乐道 ān pín lè dào
• 家贫如洗 jiā pín rú xǐ
• 打富济贫 dǎ fù jì pín

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