Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「巧立名色」. Explanation below.
Introducing the idiom 「巧立名色」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
They create various legal pretexts to achieve some improper purposes. Same as “making up excuses”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qiǎo lì míng sè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
haau2 lap6 ming4/meng2 sik1
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.
