We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「岩棲穀飲」, with its usage explained below.
Here, we present the idiom 「岩棲穀飲」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Refers to living in seclusion in a valley. Same as “living in the rocks and valleys”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yán qī yù yǐn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngaam4 chai1 guk1 yam2
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
