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We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「消息盈衝」, explained below.

Introducing the idiom 「消息盈衝」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Refers to the rise and fall of things or the origin, progress and retreat of behavior.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xiāo xī yíng chōng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

siu1 sik1 ying4 chung1

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.