Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「貂蟬滿座」.
Introducing the Chinese idiom 「貂蟬滿座」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
Diao Chan: A decoration on the hats of attendant officials in the Han Dynasty, formerly used as a synonym for high-ranking officials. It used to refer to the excessive number of official titles.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
diāo chán mǎn zuò
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
diu1 sim4 mun5 jo6
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