Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「渴而穿井」.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「渴而穿井」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
It is a metaphor for not being prepared in advance and having to find a solution at the last minute.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
kě ér chuān jǐng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hot3 yi4 chyun1 jeng2
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.
