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 「餐霞漱瀣」, explained below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「餐霞漱瀣」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Eat in the sunshine and drink in the mist. Refers to the immortal life that is otherworldly and detached from the mundane world.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cān xiá shù xiè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chaan1 ha4 sau3 haai6
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
