Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「老嫗能解」, with details below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「老嫗能解」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
嫗: elderly woman. According to legend, the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi would read every poem he wrote to elderly women. If they didn’t understand, he would make changes in an effort to make them understand. Used to describe poetry that is clear and easy to understand.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lǎo yù néng jiě
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lou5 yu3 nang4 gaai2
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