Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「澠池之功」 below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「澠池之功」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Mianchi: The name of an ancient city, located in the south of Mianchi County, Henan Province. It originally refers to Lin Xiangru of Zhao State during the Warring States Period, who was not afraid of the King of Qin at the Conference at Mianchi and made great contributions to the State of Zhao. Later, it generally refers to great contributions to the country.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
miǎn chí zhī gōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
man5 chi4 ji1 gung1
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