We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「學貫中西」, explained below.
Introducing the idiom 「學貫中西」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
Used to describe one who is very good at both Chinese and foreign languages.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xué guàn zhōng xī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hok6 gun3 jung3/jung1 sai1
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

