Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「斷縑寸紙」 for your learning.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「斷縑寸紙」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Refers to incomplete calligraphy and painting.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
duàn jiān cùn zhǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tyun5 gim1 chyun3 ji2
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.
