We strive to offer you free Chinese learning resources. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, which are rich in meaning and can be used in various situations. Today’s idiom is 「鴻毳沉舟」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「鴻毳沉舟」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
Velvet: fine hair of birds and animals. Although the feathers of wild geese are light, too much of them can sink a ship. It is a metaphor that if small problems are not solved, big problems will accumulate and become big problems.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hóng cuì chén zhōu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hung4 cheui3 cham4 jau1
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.
