Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「王公大人」.
Here’s the idiom 「王公大人」, with its definition and practical application described below.
An important minister of the monarch. Later it came to refer to high-ranking officials and nobles.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wáng gōng dà rén
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wong4 gung1 daai6 yan4
The sheer number of Chinese idioms and their varied meanings make them fascinating to study. Let these materials assist you as you advance your Chinese skills and understanding.
