Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「砥礪廉隅」, explained here.
Here, we present the idiom 「砥礪廉隅」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Refers to honing one’s moral principles. Same as “sharpen the corners of one’s integrity”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dǐ lì lián yú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dai2 lai6 lim4 yu4
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