We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「珠還合浦」, explained below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「珠還合浦」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Hepu: The name of a county in the Han Dynasty, located in the northeast of Hepu County, Guangxi today. It is a metaphor for something being lost and found or someone leaving and returning.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhū hái hé pǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jyu1 waan4 hap6 pou2
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
