4 characters Idiom and proverb 1 200

Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「一些半些」, explained below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「一些半些」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Describes something that is extremely rare.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī xiē bàn xiē

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 se1 bun3 se1

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.