After learning basic characters, the next level in Chinese is combining them into words, and then idioms. This free guide helps you understand advanced idioms like 「掎裳連袂」. Meaning and usage are below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「掎裳連袂」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
The skirt is connected to the skirt, and the sleeves are connected to the sleeves. Used to describe a large number of people.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jǐ shang lián mèi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gei2 seung4 lin4 mai6
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.
