Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「塞北江南」. Explanation below.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「塞北江南」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
It originally referred to the Helan Mountain area within the ancient Liangzhou. Later it came to refer to the wealthy areas outside the Great Wall.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sāi běi jiāng nán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sak1 bak1 gong1 naam4
The treasure trove of Chinese idioms is extensive, with different expressions suited for various situations. We hope these free resources will aid you in your journey to mastering Chinese.
