We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「一飯千金」, explained below.
We’re presenting the idiom 「一飯千金」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
It is a metaphor for repaying someone who has done you a favor.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī fàn qiān jīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 faan6 chin1 gam1
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