Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「欲益反損」 here, with meaning and examples.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「欲益反損」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
Benefit: gain; loss: damage. I originally expected to gain something, but in the end I suffered losses. Describes something going against one’s wishes.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yù yì fǎn sǔn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yuk6 yik1 faan2 syun2
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
