Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「驕奢淫逸」. Explanation below.
We’re presenting the idiom 「驕奢淫逸」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Originally it refers to four bad habits: arrogance, extravagance, debauchery and debauchery. Later it was used to describe a life of indulgence, luxury and debauchery.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiāo shē yín yì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
giu1 che1 yam4 yat6
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.
