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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「如泣草芥」.

The idiom 「如泣草芥」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

Mustard: small grass. Just like throwing away a blade of grass. Describes not caring at all.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rú qì cǎo jiè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yu4 yap1 chou2 gaai3

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.