Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「一窮二白」.
The idiom 「一窮二白」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Poor: refers to poor material foundation; white: refers to backward culture and science. A metaphor for a poor foundation or weak basics.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī qióng èr bái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 kung4 yi6 baak6
Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.
