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Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「舞榭歌樓」, detailed below.

We’re presenting the idiom 「舞榭歌樓」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Xie: A house built on a high platform. A hall or platform set up for singing and dancing entertainment. Generally refers to a place for singing and dancing. Same as “dance pavilion and singing stage”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wǔ xiè gē lóu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mou5 je6 go1 lau2

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