Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「龍躍鴻矯」.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「龍躍鴻矯」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
A metaphor for being held high and gone.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lóng yuè hóng jiǎo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lung4 yeuk6 hung4 giu2
There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.

