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Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「零零星星」. Explanation below.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「零零星星」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Oddments, small amounts. Describes something that is scattered and incomplete.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

líng líng xīng xīng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ling4 ling4 sing1 sing1

Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.