Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「檀郎謝女」, with its explanation below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「檀郎謝女」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Tan Lang: Pan Yue of the Jin Dynasty was nicknamed Tan Nu, who was handsome; Xie Nu: Xie Daoyun of the Jin Dynasty, who was extremely intelligent, refers to a talented woman. Refers to a couple or lovers who are both talented and beautiful.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tán láng xiè nǚ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
taan4 long4 je6 neui5
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.

