Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「挈瓶之智」. Explanation below.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「挈瓶之智」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
A small bottle used to draw water. A metaphor for shallow knowledge or wisdom. Also written as “the wisdom of carrying a bottle” and “the knowledge of carrying a bottle”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qiè píng zhī zhì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
kit3 ping4 ji1 ji3
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
