To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「碧海青天」 explained, free of charge.
We’re presenting the idiom 「碧海青天」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
It was originally used to describe Chang’e’s lonely and desolate mood as she looked at the vast blue sea and sky every night in the Guanghan Palace. Later it was used to describe a woman’s loyalty to love.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bì hǎi qīng tiān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bik1 hoi2 ching1/cheng1 tin1
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