From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「蒸沙成飯」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
Introducing the idiom 「蒸沙成飯」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
Steam the sand into rice. A metaphor for the impossibility of success.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhēng shā chéng fàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jing1 sa1 sing4 faan6
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
