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Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「鶯聲燕語」 today for free with this guide.

Today’s idiom is 「鶯聲燕語」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

Oriole: oriole. The words of the swallows and the songs of the orioles. Originally used to describe the beautiful spring scenery. Later it was often used to describe the sound of young women laughing.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yīng shēng yàn yǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ang1 seng1 yin3 yu5

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