Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「習以為常」, with more below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「習以為常」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Xi: habit. It means that if you do something frequently or see a certain phenomenon frequently, you will feel it is very normal.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xí yǐ wéi cháng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jaap6 yi5 wai6 seung4
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
