We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「洗垢索瘢」, explained below.
This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「洗垢索瘢」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Wash away the dirt to find the scar. A metaphor for finding faults in others in every possible way. Same as “washing away the dirt to seek the scar”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xǐ gòu suǒ bān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sai2 gau3 sok3 baan1
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