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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「安於一隅」, with its usage explained below.

Learn about the idiom 「安於一隅」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Corner: corner. Feel at ease in a corner. Describes being content with one’s own little corner and not striving for progress.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

ān yú yī yú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

on1 yu1 yat1 yu4

There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.