The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「一針見血」, detailing its meaning and use.
Here’s the idiom 「一針見血」, with its definition and practical application described below.
A metaphor for speaking directly and to the point.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī zhēn jiàn xuè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 jam1 gin3 hyut3
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