Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「等而下之」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「等而下之」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
From this level down step by step. It means being worse than something else.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
děng ér xià zhī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dang2 yi4 ha6 ji1
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.
