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Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「揚名顯親」—details below.

Let’s dive into the idiom 「揚名顯親」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Yang: spread; Xian: prominent; Qin: parents. To make parents glorious and famous.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yáng míng xiǎn qīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yeung2/yeung4 ming4/meng2 hin2 chan1

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.