We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「脛大於股」, with its usage explained below.
Today’s idiom is 「脛大於股」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
It means that the root is small and the end is big. In the old days, it was used to mean that the power of ministers was greater than that of their ruler.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jìng dà yú gǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hing5 daai6 yu1 gu2
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