Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「一筆勾銷」, with more below.
Learn about the idiom 「一筆勾銷」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Wipe the account clean. A metaphor for canceling everything.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī bǐ gōu xiāo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 bat1 ngau1 siu1
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.

