From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「朝秦暮楚」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「朝秦暮楚」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
During the Warring States Period, the two great vassal states of Qin and Chu were in opposition to each other and often fought against each other. Some small vassal states sometimes tended to Qin and sometimes to Chu for their own interests and security. A metaphor for a person who is fickle.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cháo qín mù chǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jiu1 cheun4 mou6 cho2
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