Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「一壺千金」 for your learning.
Today’s idiom is 「一壺千金」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
Hu: Same as “hu”, gourd, hollow inside, able to float on the water. It is a metaphor that although something is insignificant, it becomes very precious when it is needed.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī hú qiān jīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 wu2/wu4 chin1 gam1
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