Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「千歲一時」, explained below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「千歲一時」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
It’s just a once-in-a-millennium moment. Such an opportunity only comes once every thousand years. Used to describe an opportunity that is extremely rare.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qiān suì yī shí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chin1 seui3 yat1 si4
There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.
