4 characters Idiom and proverb 22 855

Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「經明行修」 and its explanation.

This feature highlights the idiom 「經明行修」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

In the old days, it referred to someone who was well versed in classics and had good moral character.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jīng míng háng xiū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ging1 ming4 haang4/hong4/hang4 sau1

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