Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「萬人空巷」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.
Here, we present the idiom 「萬人空巷」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Empty alleys: The streets and alleys are empty of people. It means that people from every household have come out of the alley. It is often used to describe grand celebrations, welcomes, etc.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wàn rén kōng xiàng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
maan6 yan4 hung1 hong6/hong2
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