Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「不記前仇」.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「不記前仇」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
It means not to care about past grudges and to appoint people based on their merits.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bù jì qián chóu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bat1 gei3 chin4 sau4
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
