4 characters Idiom and proverb 19 209

We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「通衢大邑」, explained below.

This introduction highlights the idiom 「通衢大邑」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

A metropolis or big city with extensive transportation links. Same as “a large and metropolitan city”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tōng qú dà yì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tung1 keui4 daai6 yap1

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