Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「單刀赴會」, with details below.
Let’s learn about the idiom 「單刀赴會」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
Single sword: a knife, referring to one person. Originally it referred to the Shu general Guan Yu who went to the banquet of Eastern Wu with only a sword and a few followers. Later it generally refers to a person taking the risk to keep an appointment. It means to praise the wisdom and courage of the attendees.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dān dāo fù huì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
daan1 dou1 fu6 wui6
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