Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「拾人牙慧」, with details below.
The idiom 「拾人牙慧」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.
Pick up: to pick up; Yahui: refers to what others have said. A metaphor for picking up other people’s words and phrases and presenting them as your own.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shí rén yá huì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sap6 yan4 nga4 wai6
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