4 characters Idiom and proverb 5 422

Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「以鎰稱銖」, with more below.

Here’s the idiom 「以鎰稱銖」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Comparing the yi with the zhu indicates that the power is absolutely superior.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǐ yì chēng zhū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yi5 yat6 ching1 jyu1

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