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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「蜜裏調油」 here, with meaning and examples.

This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「蜜裏調油」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

A metaphor for being very intimate and good.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mì lǐ diào yóu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mat6 leui5 diu6 yau2/yau4

The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.