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Chinese learning begins with simple characters, progresses to phrases, and culminates in idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms. Today’s focus is 「微不足道」. Check below for details.

The featured idiom 「微不足道」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Wei: fine, small; Zu: worth; Dao: talk about. It’s so tiny that it’s not worth mentioning. Refers to something that is so small in significance or value that it is not worth mentioning.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wēi bù zú dào

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mei4 bat1 juk1 dou6

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