We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「讀書三餘」, with its explanation below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「讀書三餘」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Remaining: Winter is the remainder of the year, night is the remainder of the day, cloudy and rainy days are the remainder of sunny days. It means that you should make use of all your spare time to read good books.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dú shū sān yú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
duk6 syu1 saam1 yu4
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