Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「破琴絕弦」, explained below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「破琴絕弦」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Destroying the zither and breaking its strings means that there is no one in the world who understands you and you will no longer play the zither.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
pò qín jué xián
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
po3 kam4 jyut6 yin4
With an extensive collection of idioms, Chinese offers a wealth of expressions to explore. These learning resources aim to make your journey smoother and more rewarding.
