Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「蠻煙瘴雨」.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「蠻煙瘴雨」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Refers to the misty rain with miasma in the south. It also refers to a very desolate place.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mán yān zhàng yǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
maan4 yin1 jeung3 yu5
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
