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 「角巾東路」, explained below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「角巾東路」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
It means to resign from office and retire, and embark on the road back to the east. Later it was used as an allusion to retirement.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiǎo jīn dōng lù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gok3 gan1 dung1 lou6
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.
