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The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「燕雀相賀」, detailing its meaning and use.

Discover the idiom 「燕雀相賀」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

The sparrows congratulated each other because the building was completed and they now had a place to live. Later it was often used to congratulate the completion of a new house.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yàn què xiàng hè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yin3 jeuk2 seung2 ho6

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