From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「披麻戴孝」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「披麻戴孝」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
It refers to the death of an elder, and the descendants wear linen clothes and white on their heads to express mourning.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
pī má dài xiào
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
pei1 ma4 daai3 haau3
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