4 characters Idiom and proverb 6 751

Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「共商國是」 and its explanation.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「共商國是」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

State affairs: state affairs; the major policies of a country. Discuss national policies and guidelines together.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gòng shāng guó shì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gung6 seung1 gwok3 si6

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