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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 「探囊取物」.

Discover the idiom 「探囊取物」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

Bag: pocket; search the bag: to reach into the bag. Reach into your pocket to get something. A metaphor for being able to accomplish something easily.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tàn náng qǔ wù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

taam3 nong4 cheui2 mat6

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