Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「左鄰右舍」, explained below.
The idiom 「左鄰右舍」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Neighbors on both sides. It also refers to other units that are closely related.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zuǒ lín yòu shě
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jo2 leun4 yau6 se3
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.
