Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「沉潛剛克」.
Here’s the idiom 「沉潛剛克」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Shenqian: deep and hidden; Gangke: winning by being strong. Describes a person who is deep and hidden, and has inner strength.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chén qián gāng kè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cham4 chim4 gong1 hak1
Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.
