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Enjoy free Chinese learning resources from us! This series covers idioms and proverbs, which are meaningful and useful in various scenarios. Let’s explore 「響遏行雲」 and its usage below.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「響遏行雲」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

E: to stop; Xingyun: floating clouds. It describes a singing voice that is so loud and clear that it reaches the sky and even the floating clouds are stopped.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xiǎng è háng yún

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

heung2 aat3 haang4/hong4/hang4 wan4

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.