Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「亡羊得牛」 today for free with this guide.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「亡羊得牛」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Lose the sheep and gain the cow. A metaphor for small losses and big gains.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wáng yáng dé niú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mong4 yeung4 dak1 ngau4
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.
