Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「得失在人」.
Here’s the idiom 「得失在人」, with its definition and practical application described below.
It means that the success or failure in life depends on whether one works hard or not. Emphasize people’s subjective initiative.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dé shī zài rén
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dak1 sat1 joi6 yan4
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
