Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「堅壁清野」.
The Chinese idiom we are introducing this time is 「堅壁清野」. You can find its meaning and application outlined below.
A method of dealing with the invasion of a powerful enemy. The enemy could neither capture the stronghold nor seize supplies.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiān bì qīng yě
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gin1 bik1 ching1 ye5
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