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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「一時之秀」.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「一時之秀」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

An outstanding figure of the period. Also known as “the choice of the moment”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī shí zhī xiù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 si4 ji1 sau3

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.