4 characters Idiom and proverb 16 606

Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「草偃風行」.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「草偃風行」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

A metaphor for the influence of moral culture and education on people. Same as “the wind blows and the grass bends”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

cǎo yǎn fēng háng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chou2 yin2 fung1 haang4/hong4/hang4

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.