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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「視同兒戲」, with more below.

Today’s idiom is 「視同兒戲」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

Treat things like children’s play. A metaphor for taking something lightly and disregarding it.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shì tóng ér xì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

si6 tung4 yi4 hei3

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