Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「虛室生白」 for your learning.
Here, we present the idiom 「虛室生白」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Xu: to make empty; Shi: refers to the heart; Bai: refers to the Tao. If your mind is free of any distracting thoughts, you will realize the Tao and gain wisdom. It is also often used to describe a clear and bright state.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xū shì shēng bái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
heui1 sat1 saang1/sang1 baak6
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
