Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「馬空冀北」, as shown below.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「馬空冀北」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
Bole selected all the good horses in northern Ji. It is a metaphor that the ruler is good at selecting talented people and does not leave any one out.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mǎ kōng jì běi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ma5 hung1 kei3 bak1
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.

