Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「鼎鐺有耳」 here, with meaning and examples.
This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「鼎鐺有耳」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Ding and dang: both are metal cooking utensils with two handles and three legs. Both the electric tripod and the clang have ears. It means that someone or something has a great influence and anyone with ears should have heard of and known about it.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dǐng chēng yǒu ěr
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ding2 dong1 yau5 yi5
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.
