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Free Chinese learning materials for you! This series uncovers idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning. Let’s break down 「星前月下」 and its usage.

Learn about the idiom 「星前月下」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Refers to a beautiful moonlit night. Also written as “under the moon and before the stars.”

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīng qián yuè xià

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sing1 chin4 yut6 ha6

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