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Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「褚小杯大」. Explanation below.

Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「褚小杯大」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

Use small pockets to hold big things. The ability to use metaphors is not up to the task.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chǔ xiǎo bēi dà

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chyu5 siu2 bui1 daai6

Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.