Mandarin Chinese language comes with thousands of idioms. The idioms are very important part of the Chinese literature and textbook. In fact, we often see Chinese sentences that include idiom (s).
How many Chinese idioms you know? Do you know how to say “In Any Case” in Mandarin Chinese?
Welcome to Ming Mandarin’s free online Mandarin Chinese lessons. In this lesson, we will learn a very famous Chinese idiom 无论如何 (wú lùn rú hé).
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Chinese Idiom: 无论如何 (wú lùn rú hé)
The idiom generally means:
- In any case.
- Whatever happens.
- No matter how the conditions change, the result is always the same.
Here is the breakup of the idiom:
- 无论 (wú lùn): whether/no matter.
- 如何 (rú hé): how/what way.
Source of the Idiom
The idiom comes from:
- Lu Xun’s “Letters Collection · To Song Chongyi”.
- Chūzì lǔxùn “shūxìn jí·zhì sòngchóngyì”.
- 出自鲁迅《书信集·致宋崇义》。
Chinese Idiom Example Sentence 1
- In any case (anyways), you shouldn’t give up.
- Nǐmen wúlùnrúhé dōu bùyīnggāi fàngqì.
- 你们无论如何都不应该放弃。
Words
- 应该 (yīng gāi): should.
- 放弃 (fàng qì): to give up.
Chinese Idiom Example Sentence 2
- ln any case, keep calm.
- Wúlùnrúhé, bǎochí lěngjìng.
- 无论如何, 保持冷静。
Words
- 保持 ( bǎo chí): to keep.
- 冷静 (lěng jìng): calm.
