Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「桑樞韋帶」—details below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「桑樞韋帶」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Sangxu, a door hinge made of mulberry wood. A leather belt without any ornaments. Later it was used to describe poor scholars.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sāng shū wéi dài
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
song1 syu1 wai4 daai3/daai2
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