4 characters Idiom and proverb 3 925

Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「切理饜心」, explained here.

This feature highlights the idiom 「切理饜心」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

It means something that is reasonable and satisfying. Same as “be very disgusted with the reason”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qiē lǐ yàn xīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chit3 lei5 yim3 sam1

Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.