Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「兼葭倚玉」 below.
Discover the idiom 「兼葭倚玉」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
Reeds: newly born reeds. Jade: fairy tree. The reeds lean against the fairy tree. ① It is a metaphor that two people with extremely different qualities and appearances seem very uncoordinated when together. ② A metaphor for people of low status relying on noble people. Also known as “Jiang Jia Yi Yu Shu”, “Jiang Jia Yi Yu Shu”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiān jiā yǐ yù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gim1 ga1 yi2 yuk6
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