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 「小往大來」, explained below.
Here’s the idiom 「小往大來」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Originally it referred to the rise and fall of human affairs, and later it was used as a metaphor for businessmen making huge profits with small efforts.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiǎo wǎng dà lái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
siu2 wong5 daai6 loi4
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
