Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「秤薪而爨」 and how it’s used.
Let’s learn about the idiom 「秤薪而爨」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
Xin: firewood; Cuan: making fire and cooking. A metaphor for paying attention to small things and not looking at the big picture.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chèng xīn ér cuàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ching3 san1 yi4 chyun3
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.
