Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「隻言片語」, with more below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「隻言片語」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Individual words or fragments of words.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhī yán piàn yǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jek3 yin4 pin2/pin3 yu5
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.

