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Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「迎神賽會」, explained here.

We’re presenting the idiom 「迎神賽會」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

According to the old custom, the statue of the god is carried out of the temple for a procession and sacrifices are held to pray for the elimination of disasters and the bestowal of blessings.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yíng shén sài huì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ying4 san4 choi3 wui5/wui2

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.