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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「通文達禮」 for your learning.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「通文達禮」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

It means being knowledgeable and understanding etiquette.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tōng wén dá lǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tung1 man4 daat6 lai5

Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.