An interesting Mandarin online lesson: “此地无银三百两(ci3 di4 wu2 yin2 san1 bai3 liang3)”

We always are willing to share our happiness to others when we meet something funny. Today, I’ll tell you a really interesting Chinese idiom named “此地无银三百两(ci3 di4 wu2 yin2 san1 bai3 liang3)”. The literal meaning of the idiom is that there are no 300 taels of silver buried here. The first time I heard about the story of this idiom from a Chinese school, I totally couldn’t stopped laughing for the stupid leading character in the origin of the idiom.

Long time ago, there was a person named “张三(zhang1 san1)” who was a wiseacre. With he save up to three hundreds taels of silver he became more and more anxious, the reason is that he had no idea where the taels can be conserved. After brooding, he decided to dig a hole to bury three hundreds taels of silver in the backyard, and then he inserted a board on the ground. I believe that people who have learnt ap Chinese online course or who is learning AP Chinese prep may know what character had been written on the board. Yeah, he just wrote “此地无银三百两(ci3 di4 wu2 yin2 san1 bai3 liang3)” on the board. Which means a guilty person gives himself away by conspicuously protesting his innocence.

I hope this idiom of Mandarin online lessons can make you laugh meanwhile help you increase understanding of Chinese culture in Chinese idiom. It is my honor to introduce a funny phrase for you, have a good time, goodbye!