Enjoy free Chinese learning resources from us! This series covers idioms and proverbs, which are meaningful and useful in various scenarios. Let’s explore 「室如懸磬」 and its usage below.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「室如懸磬」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Xuan: hang; chime: musical instrument, hollow. It was as if there were stone chimes hanging in the room. Used to describe being so poor that one has nothing.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shì rú xuán qìng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sat1 yu4 yun4 hing3
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
