We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「黃鐘長棄」, explained below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「黃鐘長棄」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
A metaphor for not using talented people. Same as “Huang Zhong is destroyed and discarded”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huáng zhōng zhǎng qì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wong4 jung1 cheung4/jeung2 hei3
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
