We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「安土重遷」, with its explanation below.
Here’s the idiom 「安土重遷」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Tu: hometown; Chong: take it seriously, not lightly. They are content with their hometown and are unwilling to move easily.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
ān tǔ zhòng qiān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
on1 tou2 jung6/chung5/chung4 chin1
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