We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「端倪可察」, with its usage explained below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「端倪可察」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Things are already showing signs of happening.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
duān ní kě chá
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dyun1 ngai4 ho2 chaat3
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.

