Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「雁塔新題」, detailed below.
The featured idiom 「雁塔新題」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
A nickname for those who passed the imperial examinations in the old days. Same as “Inscription on the Wild Goose Pagoda”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yàn tǎ xīn tí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngaan6 taap3 san1 tai4
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