Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「小國寡民」.
Discover the idiom 「小國寡民」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
The country is small and the people are few.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiǎo guó guǎ mín
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
siu2 gwok3 gwa2 man4
The sheer number of Chinese idioms and their varied meanings make them fascinating to study. Let these materials assist you as you advance your Chinese skills and understanding.
