Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「中流一壺」, as shown below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「中流一壺」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Pot: refers to a gourd, which can be tied up to prevent it from sinking. A metaphor for something that is precious and rare.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhōng liú yī hú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jung3/jung1 lau4 yat1 wu2/wu4
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