Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「入土為安」, with details below.
The idiom being introduced now is 「入土為安」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
In the old days, people were buried in the ground after death. Only then did the deceased have a proper place and the family members feel at peace.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rù tǔ wéi ān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yap6 tou2 wai6 on1
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