Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「泣麟悲鳳」, as shown below.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「泣麟悲鳳」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
Lin: Qilin; Feng: Phoenix. According to ancient legends, it is a lucky beast that can only be seen in times of peace and prosperity. It means to mourn the decline of a country.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qì lín bēi fèng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yap1 leun4 bei1 fung6
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