Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「胸有成算」—details below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「胸有成算」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
It means to have a plan in mind. A metaphor for making up one’s mind before doing something.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiōng yǒu chéng suàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hung1 yau5 sing4 syun3
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