We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「先入為主」.
The idiom 「先入為主」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
It means that the first words you hear or the first impression you get often dominate your mind, and when you encounter different opinions later, it is not easy to accept them.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiān rù wéi zhǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sin1 yap6 wai4 jyu2
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
