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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「金玉良言」, with its usage explained below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「金玉良言」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

A metaphor for valuable and worthwhile advice.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jīn yù liáng yán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gam1 yuk6 leung4 yin4

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