Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「掌上觀文」.
The idiom 「掌上觀文」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Metaphor is extremely easy and effortless.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhǎng shàng guān wén
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jeung2 seung5/seung6 gun1 man4
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.

