Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「拾人唾餘」 for your learning.
Introducing the Chinese idiom 「拾人唾餘」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
It is a metaphor that one has no originality but only plagiarizes other people’s words and opinions. See “Picking up other people’s tears and spit”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shí rén tuò yú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sap6 yan4 to3 yu4
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.
