From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「如錐畫沙」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「如錐畫沙」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
It’s like drawing on the sand with an awl. Describes calligraphy that has even strokes without showing any sharpness.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rú zhuī huà shā
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yu4 jeui1 wa2/waak6 sa1
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