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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「畫沙印泥」.

Learn about the idiom 「畫沙印泥」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

The calligrapher uses a metaphor to describe the method of using a brush.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huà shā yìn ní

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wa2/waak6 sa1 yan3 nai4

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.