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 「楚棺秦樓」, explained below.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「楚棺秦樓」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
In the old days, it referred to a place for singing and dancing, and it also mistakenly referred to the place where prostitutes lived.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chǔ guān qín lóu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cho2 gun1 cheun4 lau2
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