Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「積惡餘殃」, explained here.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「積惡餘殃」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
If you do many evil things, you will suffer bad consequences. Persuade people not to do evil, so as to avoid bringing disaster to their descendants.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jī è yú yāng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jik1 ok3 yu4 yeung1
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
