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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「近悅遠來」 for your learning.

Learn about the idiom 「近悅遠來」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

If those nearby benefit and become happy, people from afar will come to you upon hearing the news. In the old days, it meant that those in power would give favors to others in order to win their hearts.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jìn yuè yuǎn lái

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kan5/gan6 yut6 yun5 loi4

Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.