Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「道不掇遺」.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「道不掇遺」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
No one picks up other people’s lost things on the road. Describes a good social atmosphere. Same as “Do not pick up lost items on the road.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dào bù duō yí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dou6 bat1 jyut3 wai4
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