Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「以言舉人」.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「以言舉人」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
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The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐ yán jǔ rén
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi5 yin4 geui2 yan4
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.

