Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「望文生訓」, with more below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「望文生訓」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Without understanding the exact meaning of a word or phrase, people make far-fetched and inaccurate interpretations based solely on the literal meaning. Same as “take the literal meaning”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wàng wén shēng xùn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mong6 man4 saang1/sang1 fan3
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
