Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「胸有成竹」, explained here.
The idiom 「胸有成竹」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Originally it meant that when painting bamboo, one should have an image of bamboo in mind. The latter metaphor means to make up one’s mind before doing something.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hung1 yau5 sing4 juk1
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
