bring home the bacon
Support family, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǎ ngji ā h ú K ǒ u, meaning to barely support family, so that not hungry. From Li Zicheng.
The origin of Idioms
Yao xueyin's book Li Zicheng, Volume 1, Chapter 2 and 4: "my father Li Shouzhong is a farmer. In order to support his family, he makes some earthen pots and jars by himself and cooks them in the earthen kilns in his spare time. He carries them to the countryside to sell."
Idiom usage
As predicate, attribute, object; used in life. example I'm very happy. From then on, I became a worker like an adult. When I earn my salary, I can help support my family! The torrent of Huangpu River
bring home the bacon
share out the work and cooperate with one another - tōng gōng yì shì
a word spoken goes faster than a team of four horses - sì bù jí shé
Cherish the new and discard the old - lián xīn qì jiù
thoroughly read and deeply think - shú dú shēn sī