Chinese learning begins with simple characters, progresses to phrases, and culminates in idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms. Today’s focus is 「明火持杖」. Check below for details.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「明火持杖」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Describes open robbery or doing bad things unscrupulously. Same as “openly carrying out a crime”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
míng huǒ chí zhàng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ming4 fo2 chi4 jeung6/jeung2
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
