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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「黃壚之痛」, with its usage explained below.

The Chinese idiom we are introducing this time is 「黃壚之痛」. You can find its meaning and application outlined below.

Lu: a mound of earth for placing wine jars; Huangluo: Huang Gong’s wine jar; pain: grief. Collect the words of your deceased friends.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huáng lú zhī tòng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wong4 lou4 ji1 tung3

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.