4 characters Idiom and proverb 19 943

Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「惠而不費」 here, with meaning and examples.

Introducing the idiom 「惠而不費」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Hui: to give benefits to others; fei: to spend. Give benefits to others without losing anything yourself.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huì ér bù fèi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wai6 yi4 bat1 fai3

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