4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 105

Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「天香國色」, with its explanation below.

This feature highlights the idiom 「天香國色」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

Originally used to describe the peony flower, which has a different color and fragrance from other flowers, it was later used to describe the beauty of a woman.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tiān xiāng guó sè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tin1 heung1 gwok3 sik1

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