We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「長轡遠禦」, explained below.
We’re presenting the idiom 「長轡遠禦」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
① Let go of the reins and ride the horse for a long journey. It is a metaphor that emperors use certain policies or means to control remote areas. ② A metaphor for mastering creative means to calmly reach the ideal state of writing.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhǎng pèi yuǎn yù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cheung4 bei3 yun5 yu6
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