Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「置之高閣」, with more below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「置之高閣」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Gaoge: a high shelf for storing objects. After bundling them up, place them on a high rack. A metaphor for being left unused.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhì zhī gāo gé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji3 ji1 gou1 gok3
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