Chinese learning begins with simple characters, progresses to phrases, and culminates in idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms. Today’s focus is 「心勞日拙」. Check below for details.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「心勞日拙」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Heart labor: to spend a lot of effort; day: day by day; clumsy: clumsy. It now mostly refers to people who do bad things. Although they use their best intentions, in the end not only do they gain nothing, but their situation becomes worse and worse.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xīn láo rì zhuō
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sam1 lou4 yat6 jyut3
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
