Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「陳言膚詞」—details below.
The idiom 「陳言膚詞」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.
Refers to old and superficial words.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chén yán fū cí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chan4 yin4 fu1 chi4
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