Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「然糠照薪」 today for free with this guide.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「然糠照薪」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Burning chaff for lighting. A metaphor for studying diligently. Same as “the chaff reflects its own light”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rán kāng zhào xīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yin4 hong1 jiu3 san1
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.
