Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「曲不離口」.
Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「曲不離口」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.
It means that the song must be sung every day to become proficient and exquisite. A metaphor for practice makes perfect.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qǔ bù lí kǒu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
kuk1 bat1 lei4 hau2
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
