Character combinations make words; words evolve into idioms. Learn 「梧桐斷角」 today with this free Chinese resource.
We’re presenting the idiom 「梧桐斷角」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
It means that although the paulownia is a soft wood, it can break hard horns. A metaphor that softness can overcome hardness.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wú tóng duàn jiǎo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ng4 tung4 tyun5 gok3
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