Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「精益求精」. Explanation below.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「精益求精」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Jing: perfect, good; Yi: more. It’s good, but I still want it to be better.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jīng yì qiú jīng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jing1/jeng1 yik1 kau4 jing1/jeng1
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.
