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Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「養精蓄銳」, with its explanation below.

Here is the Chinese idiom 「養精蓄銳」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Yang: to maintain; Jing: spirit; Xu: to accumulate; Rui: sharpness. Maintain your spirit and accumulate strength.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǎng jīng xù ruì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yeung5 jing1/jeng1 chuk1 yeui6

The world of Chinese idioms is massive, filled with countless expressions, each with distinct meanings and applications. These materials are here to support you as you improve your Chinese skills.