Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「飛流短長」. Explanation below.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「飛流短長」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Flying and flowing: spread; short and long: refer to right and wrong, good and evil. Refers to spreading rumors and slandering others.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fēi liú duǎn zhǎng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fei1 lau4 dyun2 cheung4/jeung2
The sheer number of Chinese idioms and their varied meanings make them fascinating to study. Let these materials assist you as you advance your Chinese skills and understanding.
