Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「封金掛印」, explained here.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「封金掛印」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
It means to refuse reward and resign from official position.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fēng jīn guà yìn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fung1 gam1 gwa3 yan3
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