Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「就地取材」, with more below.
Learn about the idiom 「就地取材」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Find the materials you need locally. A metaphor for fully tapping the potential of a unit without relying on external forces.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiù dì qǔ cái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jau6 dei6 cheui2 choi4
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