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From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「握素披黃」. Details below.

Discover the idiom 「握素披黃」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

It’s like holding the lead and holding the writing board. Su, white silk, was used for writing in ancient times. Orpiment was used to proofread books in ancient times.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wò sù pī huáng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ak1 sou3 pei1 wong4

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