Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「緣慳命蹇」, explained here.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「緣慳命蹇」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Yuan: fate. Stingy: stingy and lacking. Jian: not smooth. Fate is shallow, fate is bad,
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yuán qiān mìng jiǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yun4 haan1 meng6 gin2
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
