4 characters Idiom and proverb 13 226

We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「思緒萬千」, with its explanation below.

Let’s dive into the idiom 「思緒萬千」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Thoughts: threads of thought. Ten thousand: extremely many. It means that one has a lot of thoughts and his thinking is complicated.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

sī xù wàn qiān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

si1 seui5 maan6 chin1

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