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 「沙裏淘金」, with its explanation below.
The idiom 「沙裏淘金」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Wash: Rinse with water and filter out impurities. Find gold from the sand. A metaphor for the fact that good things are not easy to come by. It also refers to doing things with great effort but little results. It also means selecting the essence from a large amount of material.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shā lǐ táo jīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sa1 leui5 tou4 gam1
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