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From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「附翼攀鱗」. Details below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「附翼攀鱗」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

It refers to currying favor with powerful people in order to gain wealth and honor. Same as “climb on the dragon and attach yourself to the phoenix”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fù yì pān lín

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fu6 yik6 paan1 leun4

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