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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「詩朋酒侶」.

Today, we explore the idiom 「詩朋酒侶」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Partner: partner, companion. Friends who write poetry and drink wine. Same as “poetry friends and drinking buddies”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shī péng jiǔ lǚ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

si1 pang4 jau2 leui5

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.