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 「木公金母」, explained below.
Here’s the idiom 「木公金母」, with its definition and practical application described below.
They are the immortals Dong Wangong and Xi Wangmu. Later it was used to celebrate birthdays, referring to the host and his wife who were celebrating the birthday.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mù gōng jīn mǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
muk6 gung1 gam1 mou5
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
