Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「西窗剪燭」, detailed below.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「西窗剪燭」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Originally it meant missing one’s wife who was far away and looking forward to meeting her and talking at night. Later it generally refers to gatherings of relatives and friends to chat.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xī chuāng jiǎn zhú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sai1 cheung1 jin2 juk1
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