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After learning basic characters, the next level in Chinese is combining them into words, and then idioms. This free guide helps you understand advanced idioms like 「驚鴻豔影」. Meaning and usage are below.

Here’s the idiom 「驚鴻豔影」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Jinghong: a wild goose that flies swiftly. Describes a woman’s light and beautiful figure. Mostly in terms of distant view.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jīng hóng yàn yǐng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

geng1 hung4 yim6 ying2

Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.