We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「斷簡遺編」, with its explanation below.
Here’s the idiom 「斷簡遺編」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Jian: A bamboo slip used for writing in ancient times. Editor: Wearing Jane’s leather strip. Refers to incomplete ancient books.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
duàn jiǎn yí biān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tyun5 gaan2 wai4 pin1
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