We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「壓倒元白」.
The idiom 「壓倒元白」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Yuan and Bai: refers to the Tang Dynasty poets Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi. Used to describe a work that is better than that of famous contemporary writers.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yā dǎo yuán bái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
aat3 dou2 yun4 baak6
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