Chinese education begins with characters, continues with phrases, and grows into idioms. This free lesson covers the idiom 「德言容功」. Learn its usage below.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「德言容功」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
Virtue: women’s virtue, moral character. Words: speech. Rong: appearance. Skill: needlework (old term for needlework done by women). The moral qualities that feudal ethics require women to possess.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dé yán róng gōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dak1 yin4 yung4 gung1
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
