Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「如持左券」 below.
Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「如持左券」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.
The metaphor is very confident. Left-hand note: In ancient times, a contract was divided into two parts, left and right, with each party holding one. The left piece was called the left-hand note, which was kept by the creditor as proof.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rú chí zuǒ quàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yu4 chi4 jo2 gyun3/hyun3
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