Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「舍近務遠」. Explanation below.
We’re presenting the idiom 「舍近務遠」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Give up what is near and seek what is far.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shě jìn wù yuǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
se3 kan5/gan6 mou6 yun5
The treasure trove of Chinese idioms is extensive, with different expressions suited for various situations. We hope these free resources will aid you in your journey to mastering Chinese.
