Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「杏腮桃臉」, with its explanation below.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「杏腮桃臉」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Used to describe a woman’s beautiful appearance. Same as “apricot face and peach cheeks”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xìng sāi táo liǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hang6 soi1 tou2 lim5
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.

