4 characters Idiom and proverb 8 907

Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「含垢藏瑕」 and its explanation.

We’re presenting the idiom 「含垢藏瑕」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Tolerate dirt and conceal imperfections. Describes magnanimity. Same as “concealing dirt and flaws”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hán gòu cáng xiá

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ham4 gau3 chong4 ha4

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