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 「日薄桑榆」, explained below.
Learn about the idiom 「日薄桑榆」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
The sun is setting. A metaphor for the time of old age.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rì báo sāng yú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat6 bok6 song1 yu4
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
