Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「遺臭萬載」, with details below.
We’re presenting the idiom 「遺臭萬載」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
After death, one’s bad reputation will spread and he will be reviled forever.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yí chòu wàn zǎi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wai4 chau3 maan6 joi3
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
