We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「積羽沉舟」, with its usage explained below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「積羽沉舟」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Although feathers are small, if there are too many of them, they can sink a boat. It is a metaphor that small bad things accumulated will lead to serious consequences.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jī yǔ chén zhōu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jik1 yu5 cham4 jau1
There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.
