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Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「柳夭桃豔」 below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「柳夭桃豔」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Used to describe a woman’s beauty.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

liǔ yāo táo yàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lau5 yiu1 tou2 yim6

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