Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「事預則立」 and how it’s used.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「事預則立」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
It means that no matter what you do, you will succeed if you are prepared beforehand, and you will fail if you are not prepared.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shì yù zé lì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
si6 yu6 jak1 lap6
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
