Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「天馬行空」. Explanation below.
Let’s learn about the idiom 「天馬行空」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
Tianma: divine horse. The Pegasus gallops at such a speed that it seems to be flying in the air. It is a metaphor for the bold and unrestrained momentum of poetry. It also refers to people who are impetuous and unsteady.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tiān mǎ háng kōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tin1 ma5 haang4/hong4/hang4 hung1
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