4 characters Idiom and proverb 28 489

Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「黜陟幽明」. Explanation below.

The idiom being introduced now is 「黜陟幽明」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

It refers to dismissing foolish officials and promoting wise officials.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chù zhì yōu míng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jeut1 jik1 yau1 ming4

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