Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「一顧千金」, with more below.
Today’s idiom is 「一顧千金」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
Gu: Look. In ancient times, Bole, who was good at judging horses, could tell a good horse was worth a thousand gold pieces just by taking a look at it. A metaphor for doubling the value of a person or thing by receiving recommendation from a wise man.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī gù qiān jīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 gu3 chin1 gam1
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