Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「清風兩袖」 and how it’s used.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「清風兩袖」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
There is nothing in my sleeves except the breeze. A metaphor for being an honest official. It also refers to being so poor that one has nothing.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qīng fēng liǎng xiù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ching1 fung1 leung5 jau6
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.
