Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「劍氣簫心」.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「劍氣簫心」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Like a sword in the heart and a piano in mind. A metaphor for having both sentiment and courage (often used in old novels to describe talented people who are both literary and martial).
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiàn qì xiāo xīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gim3 hei3 siu1 sam1
The world of Chinese idioms is massive, filled with countless expressions, each with distinct meanings and applications. These materials are here to support you as you improve your Chinese skills.
