Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「棟梁之材」, with more below.
The idiom 「棟梁之材」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Dong: ridge purlin, main beam. Wood that can be used to make beams for houses. A metaphor for talents who can shoulder important responsibilities for the country.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dòng liáng zhī cái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dung6 leung4 ji1 choi4
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