Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「紅日三竿」 and how it’s used.
This feature highlights the idiom 「紅日三竿」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
It means that it is already dawn and it is getting late.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hóng rì sān gān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hung4 yat2 saam1 gon1
Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.
