We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「降格以求」, explained below.
This feature highlights the idiom 「降格以求」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Lower your standards to seek.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiàng gé yǐ qiú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gong3 gaak3 yi5 kau4
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

