Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「化腐為奇」, with details below.
Here’s the idiom 「化腐為奇」, with its definition and practical application described below.
It means changing bad into good, changing rigid into flexible or changing useless into useful. Same as “turn something bad into something wonderful”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huà fǔ wéi qí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fa3 fu6 wai6/wai4 kei4
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.
