4 characters Idiom and proverb 19 771

Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「喬鬆之壽」, detailed below.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「喬鬆之壽」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

Qiao and Song: the immortals Wang Qiao and Chisongzi in ancient legends. Refers to longevity like that of an immortal.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qiáo sòng zhī shòu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kiu4 sung1 ji1 sau6

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