Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「解弦更張」 here, with meaning and examples.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「解弦更張」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Geng: to change; Zhang: to string a musical instrument. Change and adjust the strings on the instrument to make the sound harmonious. A metaphor for reforming a system or changing plans or methods.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiě xián gèng zhāng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gaai2 yin4 gang3/gaang1 jeung1
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