Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「斷手續玉」. Explanation below.
Let’s learn about the idiom 「斷手續玉」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
Cut off: cut off; continue: connect. Cut off the hand and attach a piece of jade. A metaphor for the loss outweighs the gain.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
duàn shǒu xù yù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tyun5 sau2 juk6 yuk6
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
