Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「擁書南面」, explained here.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「擁書南面」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
A metaphor for having an extremely rich collection of books or a deep love of reading. Same as “holding books in a hundred cities”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yōng shū nán miàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yung2 syu1 naam4 min6
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