Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「背山起樓」 and how it’s used.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「背山起樓」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Build a building against a mountain. A metaphor for something that spoils the fun.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bèi shān qǐ lóu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bui3 saan1 hei2 lau2
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.
