Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「倦鳥知還」.
Here, we present the idiom 「倦鳥知還」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
tired bird knows to fly back to its nest. It is a metaphor for retiring to the countryside after resigning from office; it is also a metaphor for returning to one’s hometown from a place of travel.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
juàn niǎo zhī hái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gyun6 niu5 ji1 waan4
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
