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Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「遺風餘烈」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.

Learn about the idiom 「遺風餘烈」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

The customs and deeds passed down by our predecessors.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yí fēng yú liè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wai4 fung1 yu4 lit6

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.