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Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「香火不絕」, explained here.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「香火不絕」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

It refers to the continuous offering of incense and candles by believers in God. Also written as “the incense burns continuously”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xiāng huǒ bù jué

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

heung1 fo2 bat1 jyut6

The treasure trove of Chinese idioms is extensive, with different expressions suited for various situations. We hope these free resources will aid you in your journey to mastering Chinese.