Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「推波助瀾」, explained below.
Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「推波助瀾」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.
Lan: big waves. It is a metaphor for encouraging and promoting the momentum and development of things (mostly bad things) and expanding their influence.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tuī bō zhù lán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
teui1 bo1 jo6 laan4
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
