Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「剩菜殘羹」 below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「剩菜殘羹」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Leftover food. A metaphor for discarding useless things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shèng cài cán gēng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jing6 choi3 chaan4 gang1
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