Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「砂裏淘金」, with details below.
This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「砂裏淘金」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Pan gold from the sand. A metaphor for selecting the essence from a large amount of material.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shā lǐ táo jīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sa1 leui5 tou4 gam1
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.
