4 characters Idiom and proverb 5 206

Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「令人噴飯」, explained here.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「令人噴飯」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Used to describe something or something said that is very funny.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lìng rén pēn fàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ling6 yan4 pan3 faan6

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