蓬户

蓬戶
pénghù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 thatched / wicker door
  2. 2 a poor person's humble dwelling

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā chūshēn pénghù, quán kào kǔdú chéngcái.
He came from a humble home and rose through sheer hard study.
HSK 7-9
Pénghù wèngyǒu de rìzi tā zǎoyǐ xíguàn.
He had long grown used to a life of thatched doors and jar-mouth windows.

Tips

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Classical / written. The fixed pair 蓬户瓮牖 ('thatched door, jar-mouth window') is a stock phrase for poverty in literary texts. In modern speech use 寒舍 (my humble home) or simply 简陋的房子.

Stroke Order

péng