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From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「棒打鴛鴦」. Details below.

Learn about the idiom 「棒打鴛鴦」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

A metaphor for breaking up a loving couple or lovers.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bàng dǎ yuān yāng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

paang5 da2 yin1 yeung1

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.