We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「柔遠鎮邇」, with its usage explained below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「柔遠鎮邇」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Soothe the distant places and stabilize the interior.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
róu yuǎn zhèn ěr
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yau4 yun5 jan3 yi5
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