Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「起承轉合」 for your learning.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「起承轉合」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Qi: the beginning; Cheng: to continue the previous text and explain it; Zhuan: the turning point; He: the end. Refers to the approach of writing an article. It also refers to a fixed and rigid form.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qǐ chéng zhuǎn hé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hei2 sing4 jyun2 hap6
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.
