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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「讀書得間」, with its usage explained below.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「讀書得間」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

Space: gap. Metaphor trick. I have learned the trick to reading. It describes the ability to find the key to reading and understand it.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dú shū dé jiān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

duk6 syu1 dak1 haan4

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.