Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「三獸渡河」, with more below.
Today’s idiom is 「三獸渡河」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
In Buddhism, the depth of the water when a rabbit, horse and elephant cross a river is used to illustrate the levels of the three vehicles of enlightenment: the Hinayana, the Middle Vehicle and the Mahayana. Later it generally refers to spiritual practice.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sān shòu dù hé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
saam1 sau3 dou6 ho4
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