From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「相生相克」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「相生相克」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Refers to the relationship of mutual generation and restraint among the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Later it was extended to mean the dialectical relationship between general substances.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiàng shēng xiàng kè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seung2 saang1/sang1 seung2 hak1
There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.
