We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「引申觸類」, explained below.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「引申觸類」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
It refers to extending the principles of a certain thing to similar things. Same as “extended analogy”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐn shēn chù lèi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yan5 san1 juk1 leui6
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