4 characters Idiom and proverb 9 953

Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「見噎廢食」, explained here.

Introducing the idiom 「見噎廢食」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

A metaphor for stopping what you should do when you encounter an unexpected setback.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiàn yē fèi shí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gin3 yit3 fai3 sik6

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