Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「男女老幼」.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「男女老幼」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
Refers to all people.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
nán nǚ lǎo yòu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
naam4 neui5 lou5 yau3
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.

