Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「以索續組」, explained here.
Discover the idiom 「以索續組」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
Use thick rope to connect the ribbon. It is a metaphor that the successor’s talent and knowledge are far inferior to those of the predecessor.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐ suǒ xù zǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi5 sok3 juk6 jou2
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