Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「患得患失」, with its explanation below.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「患得患失」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
Suffer: worry, concern. Worry about not getting it, and then worry about losing it. Describes the importance of personal gains and losses.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huàn dé huàn shī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
waan6 dak1 waan6 sat1
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
