访贫问苦 — Chinese idiom
访贫问苦
fǎng pín wèn kǔ
Traditional: 訪貧問苦
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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