Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「顯親揚名」, explained below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「顯親揚名」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Xian: prominent; Qin: parents; Yang: spread. To make parents glorious and famous.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiǎn qīn yáng míng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hin2 chan1 yeung2/yeung4 ming4/meng2
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
