Character combinations make words; words evolve into idioms. Learn 「啜菽飲水」 today with this free Chinese resource.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「啜菽飲水」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Sip: eat; beans: beans. Eat bean soup when you are hungry and drink water when you are thirsty. Describes a hard life.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chuò shū yǐn shuǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jyut3 suk6 yam2 seui2
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.
