Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「物競天擇」, with more below.
Here’s the idiom 「物競天擇」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Competition among organisms: competition for survival; natural selection: natural selection. Organisms compete with each other, and those who can adapt survive. Originally referring to the general law of biological procurement, it was later also used for the development of human society.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wù jìng tiān zé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mat6 ging6/ging3 tin1 jaak6
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
