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Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「香花供養」, with its explanation below.

The featured idiom 「香花供養」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

To provide for: to offer support. Originally a Buddhist term. It refers to the offering of incense and flowers, which is a Buddhist ritual of respect. Later it was used to refer to pious salute.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xiāng huā gòng yǎng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

heung1 fa1 gung1 yeung5

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.