Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「觸類而通」 and its explanation.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「觸類而通」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
It means mastering the knowledge or rules of a certain thing and then inferring the knowledge or rules of similar things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chù lèi ér tōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
juk1 leui6 yi4 tung1
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
