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Chinese idioms like 「以升量石」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.

The idiom 「以升量石」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Liter and Shi: units of capacity, ten liters make one dou, and ten dou make one shi. A metaphor for using superficial understanding to infer profound truths.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǐ shēng liàng shí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yi5 sing1 leung4/leung6 sek6

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