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Character combinations make words; words evolve into idioms. Learn 「詩酒風流」 today with this free Chinese resource.

The featured idiom 「詩酒風流」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Write poetry and drink wine. The ancients regarded this as a romantic affair, so they called it that.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shī jiǔ fēng liú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

si1 jau2 fung1 lau4

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