We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「鞍前馬後」, with its usage explained below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「鞍前馬後」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
In front of and behind the horse. Refers to following someone.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
ān qián mǎ hòu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
on1 chin4 ma5 hau6
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.

