Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「心閑手敏」, explained below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「心閑手敏」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Xian: familiar; Min: sensitive. It describes a person who has mastered a skill, is calm in mind and has nimble techniques.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xīn xián shǒu mǐn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sam1 haan4 sau2 man5
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.
