Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「繭絲牛毛」, with more below.
Here’s the idiom 「繭絲牛毛」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Describes meticulous skills.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiǎn sī niú máo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gaan2 si1 ngau4 mou1/mou4
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

