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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 「仁柔寡斷」.

Here, we present the idiom 「仁柔寡斷」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

It means being weak and lacking in independent thinking.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rén róu guǎ duàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yan4 yau4 gwa2 tyun5

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