Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「額外主事」. Explanation below.
Introducing the idiom 「額外主事」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, they were low-level officials in various ministries. It is usually filled by Jinshi who failed to pass the imperial examination, but can also be awarded by the emperor.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
é wài zhǔ shì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngaak6 ngoi6 jyu2 si6
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