Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「仁人志士」. Explanation below.
We’re presenting the idiom 「仁人志士」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Originally it refers to a kind and principled person who is willing to sacrifice his life for justice. Now it generally refers to people who are patriotic and contribute to the revolutionary cause.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rén rén zhì shì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yan4 yan4 ji3 si6/si2
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.
