Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「尾生之信」 for your learning.
Learn about the idiom 「尾生之信」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Weisheng: A man in ancient legend who kept his promise and was willing to drown himself in order to keep his promise. It is a metaphor for someone who only knows how to keep his promises but does not know how to weigh the pros and cons.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wěi shēng zhī xìn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mei5 saang1/sang1 ji1 seun3
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