Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「明正典刑」 and how it’s used.
This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「明正典刑」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Ming: to make clear; Zheng: to punish; Dianxing: law. Punished by death according to law. In the old days, it was mostly used in official documents or notices of the execution of criminals.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
míng zhèng diǎn xíng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ming4 jeng3/jing3 din2 ying4
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
