Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「絮果蘭因」—details below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「絮果蘭因」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Lan Yin: a metaphor for a beautiful combination; Xu Guo: a metaphor for a discrete ending. It is a metaphor for a marriage that is happy at first but ends in divorce.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xù guǒ lán yīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seui5 go2 laan4/laan1 yan1
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.
