We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「揚清激濁」, with its usage explained below.
Learn about the idiom 「揚清激濁」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Flush away the dirty water and let the clean water come up. A metaphor for criticizing and eliminating bad people and bad things, and commending and promoting good people and good things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yáng qīng jī zhuó
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yeung2/yeung4 ching1 gik1 juk6
The sheer number of Chinese idioms and their varied meanings make them fascinating to study. Let these materials assist you as you advance your Chinese skills and understanding.
