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not worth a farthing

Time: 2022-01-30 23:29:34 Author: ChinaWiki.net

not worth a farthing

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē NW é Nb ù zh í, meaning to describe worthless. From "five Lantern Festival yuan · Zhangzhou Baofu yuan congzhan Chan Shi".

The origin of Idioms

"Some people praise it like a tiger wearing horns; some people lightly destroy it, it's not worth a cent," said Shi Puji of the Song Dynasty

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, attributive; derogatory. This thing is not worth a cent.

Analysis of Idioms

They are worthless, penniless and worthless

not worth a farthing


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