Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「蕭郎陌路」—details below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「蕭郎陌路」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Xiao Lang: in the old days it generally refers to a man a woman loves; Mo Lu: a passerby. It is a metaphor for a woman who treats the man she once loved as a stranger and is unwilling or unable to approach him.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiāo láng mò lù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
siu1 long4 mak6 lou6
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