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Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「附鳳攀龍」 and how it’s used.

We’re presenting the idiom 「附鳳攀龍」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

It refers to currying favor with powerful people in order to gain wealth and honor.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fù fèng pān lóng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fu6 fung6 paan1 lung4

Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.