Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「東家效顰」, as shown below.
The idiom 「東家效顰」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Frown: frown. A metaphor for imitating indiscriminately with extremely bad results.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dōng jiā xiào pín
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dung1 ga1 haau6 pan4
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.
