To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「玄圃積玉」 explained, free of charge.
The idiom being introduced now is 「玄圃積玉」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Legend has it that there are many beautiful jades in Xuanpu. Therefore, it is used as a metaphor for a collection of essences.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xuán pǔ jī yù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yun4 pou2 jik1 yuk6
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