Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「人情冷暖」 and its explanation.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「人情冷暖」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Human relations: refers to the social relationships; cold: indifferent; warm: intimate. Generally refers to changes in human nature. It means to flatter others when they are in power, and ignore them when they lose power.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rén qíng lěng nuǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yan4 ching4 laang5 nyun5
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
