Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「人財兩失」, explained below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「人財兩失」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
People and money are either unaccounted for or lost. Same as “losing both money and life”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rén cái liǎng shī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yan4 choi4 leung5 sat1
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.
