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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「樸斫之材」.

Discover the idiom 「樸斫之材」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

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The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

pǔ zhuó zhī cái

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

pok3 jeuk3 ji1 choi4

Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.