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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 「東市朝衣」. Meaning and usage are below.

The idiom 「東市朝衣」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

This is an example of a court official being killed.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dōng shì cháo yī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dung1 si5 jiu1 yi1

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.