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From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「借書留真」. Details below.

Here’s the idiom 「借書留真」, with its definition and practical application described below.

It means borrowing a book from someone else, copying it, keeping the original, and returning the copy to the other person.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiè shū liú zhēn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

je3 syu1 lau4 jan1

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.