Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「飛鴻踏雪」. Explanation below.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「飛鴻踏雪」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
Hong: wild goose. The snow is trodden by wild geese. A metaphor for the traces left behind by the past. Same as “footprints left in the snow and mud”, “flying geese leave their imprints in the snow”, and “flying geese’s footprints in the snow”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fēi hóng tà xuě
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fei1 hung4 daap6 syut3
Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.
