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Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「野人獻芹」 today for free with this guide.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「野人獻芹」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

Give away the worthless celery as if it were a good thing to others. A metaphor for something that is not of great value (often used as a polite phrase when giving a gift or making suggestions).

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yě rén xiàn qín

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ye5 yan4 hin3 kan4

There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.