Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「雁南燕北」, explained below.
Introducing the Chinese idiom 「雁南燕北」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
A metaphor for the separation of two places.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yàn nán yàn běi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngaan6 naam4 yin3 bak1
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
