Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「眾叛親離」, explained below.
Here’s the idiom 「眾叛親離」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Rebel: betray; leave: leave. Everyone opposed it and relatives turned away. Describes complete isolation.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhòng pàn qīn lí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jung3 bun6 chan1 lei4
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.
