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Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「目挑心招」, with its explanation below.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「目挑心招」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

Tiao: tease; zhao: refers to seduce. The eyes convey emotions and attract the heart.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mù tiāo xīn zhāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

muk6 tiu1 sam1 jiu1

The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.