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 「以言為諱」, with details below.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「以言為諱」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
People regard speaking as a taboo. Describes the strict control of speech by the ruling class.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐ yán wéi huì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi5 yin4 wai4 wai5
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
