Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「暗室求物」.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「暗室求物」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
Searching for something in a dark room. It is a metaphor that if you don’t study in the right way, it will be difficult to see any results.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
àn shì qiú wù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
am3 sat1 kau4 mat6
Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.
