Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「聊以自慰」.
Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「聊以自慰」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.
Just use it to comfort yourself.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
liáo yǐ zì wèi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
liu4 yi5 ji6 wai3
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
