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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「如有所失」.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「如有所失」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

It feels like something is missing. Describes a feeling of uneasiness. It also describes the feeling of emptiness in the heart.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rú yǒu suǒ shī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yu4 yau5 so2 sat1

There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.