Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「珍饈美饌」.
Introducing the Chinese idiom 「珍饈美饌」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
饈: delicious food, 饌: meal. Precious and delicious food. Also known as “delicacies”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhēn xiū měi zhuàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jan1 sau1 mei5 jaan6
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.
