Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「黃公酒壚」, with details below.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「黃公酒壚」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
Lu: An earthen platform for placing wine jars in a wine shop, also used to refer to hotels and taverns. I saw the tavern that Huang Gongkai opened again. It is a metaphor for people feeling sad for old friends when seeing the scenery, or it can be used as a way of expressing grief and reminiscing about the past.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huáng gōng jiǔ lú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wong4 gung1 jau2 lou4
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
