4 characters Idiom and proverb 8 58

Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「百伶百俐」, as shown below.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「百伶百俐」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Describes someone who is very smart and well-behaved.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bǎi líng bǎi lì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

baak3 ling4 baak3 lei6

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