4 characters Idiom and proverb 19 928

Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「悲喜交集」 below.

Learn about the idiom 「悲喜交集」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Feelings of sadness and joy are intertwined.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bēi xǐ jiāo jí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bei1 hei2 gaau1 jaap6

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