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Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「作如是觀」, with details below.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「作如是觀」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

Ru Shi: so, like this; Guan: look, view. Hold this view. Generally refers to such an opinion on something.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zuò rú shì guān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jok3 yu4 si6 gun1

The sheer number of Chinese idioms and their varied meanings make them fascinating to study. Let these materials assist you as you advance your Chinese skills and understanding.