4 characters Idiom and proverb 18 533

Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「牽牛織女」, explained here.

Introducing the idiom 「牽牛織女」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Refers to Altair and Vega. It also refers to the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl in ancient mythology.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qiān niú zhī nǚ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hin1 ngau4 jik1 neui2

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