bring home the bacon

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