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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「麥穗兩歧」.

Learn about the idiom 「麥穗兩歧」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

One stalk of wheat produces two ears. It is a metaphor for a good harvest and a bumper crop.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mài suì liǎng qí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mak6 seui6 leung5 kei4

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.