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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「姚黃魏品」 for your learning.

Learn about the idiom 「姚黃魏品」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Originally refers to two precious peony varieties in Luoyang during the Song Dynasty. Later it came to refer to precious flowers in general. Same as “Yao Huang and Wei Zi”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yáo huáng wèi pǐn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yiu4 wong4 ngai6 ban2

Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.