Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「還樸反古」 here, with meaning and examples.
We’re presenting the idiom 「還樸反古」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
To return to one’s original honest and simple state or nature. Same as “return to simplicity and antiquity”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hái pǔ fǎn gǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
waan4 pok3 faan2 gu2
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.

