Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「自用則小」.
The idiom 「自用則小」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.
Self-serving: Acting only based on one’s own subjective intentions without humbly seeking advice from others. If you are subjective and arbitrary, you will never accomplish anything great.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zì yòng zé xiǎo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji6 yung6 jak1 siu2
There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.
