Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「一文如命」, with more below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「一文如命」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Value a penny as much as your life. A metaphor for extreme stinginess. Same as “money is as important as life”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī wén rú mìng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 man4 yu4 meng6
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
