We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「甘心如薺」, explained below.
The idiom being introduced now is 「甘心如薺」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Shepherd’s purse: beet. Although tea is bitter, compared with the pain in my heart, it tastes as sweet as shepherd’s purse. Later it is used to illustrate that as long as people feel at peace with themselves, they will feel sweet even if they suffer great pain.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gān xīn rú qí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gam1 sam1 yu4 chai5
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.
