We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「止戈為武」, explained below.
The featured idiom 「止戈為武」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
It means that the word “Wu” is composed of the two words “Zhi Ge” and “Zhi Ge”, so only when you can stop a war can you be a real martial artist. Later it also came to mean that real martial arts is to make the opponent surrender without using force.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhǐ gē wéi wǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji2 gwo1 wai6/wai4 mou5
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
