Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「一介書生」.
The idiom 「一介書生」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.
One: one. It was the self-proclaimed name used by scholars in the old days or an elegant name for ordinary scholars.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī jiè shū shēng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 gaai3 syu1 sang1
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
