Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「如意算盤」 for your learning.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「如意算盤」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
It is a metaphor for considering a problem based on subjective wishes and only thinking about the good side.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rú yì suàn pán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yu4 yi3 syun3 pun4
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.
