Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「三等九般」, with more below.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「三等九般」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
It means that there are many levels and categories, with various differences. Same as “three grades and nine grids”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sān děng jiǔ bān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
saam1 dang2 gau2 bun1
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