Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「挹彼注茲」 here, with meaning and examples.
The idiom being introduced now is 「挹彼注茲」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
挹: scoop, draw;彼: that;注: pour; 此: this. Scoop liquid out of one container and pour it into another. It is extended to mean to make up for the deficiency with the surplus.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yì bǐ zhù zī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yap1 bei2 jyu3 ji1
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
