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Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「借面弔喪」, with its explanation below.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「借面弔喪」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

It means superficial.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiè miàn diào sàng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

je3 min6/min2 diu3 song1/song3

Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.