Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「特立獨行」 and how it’s used.
We’re presenting the idiom 「特立獨行」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Te: unique; Li: to establish oneself. Used to describe a person who has noble aspirations and is different from other people’s ways.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tè lì dú háng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dak6 lap6 duk6 haang4/hong4/hang4
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
