Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「利傍倚刀」, explained below.
Here’s the idiom 「利傍倚刀」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Lean: rely on. The radical of “利” is the character for knife, which means that pursuing personal gain is like leaning on the edge of a knife. It is a metaphor that greed for profit often leads to disaster.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lì bàng yǐ dāo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lei6 bong6/pong4 yi2 dou1
The treasure trove of Chinese idioms is extensive, with different expressions suited for various situations. We hope these free resources will aid you in your journey to mastering Chinese.
