Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「祥麟威鳳」 and how it’s used.
This feature highlights the idiom 「祥麟威鳳」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
According to ancient legends, the Qilin and the Phoenix are auspicious animals that can only be seen in times of peace and prosperity. Later it is used to refer to extremely rare talents.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiáng lín wēi fèng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cheung4 leun4 wai1 fung6
There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.
