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Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「一線生機」 today for free with this guide.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「一線生機」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

Line: tiny; vitality: chance of survival. There is still a little hope of survival.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī xiàn shēng jī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 sin3 sang1 gei1

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.