Chinese education begins with characters, continues with phrases, and grows into idioms. This free lesson covers the idiom 「宜喜宜嗔」. Learn its usage below.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「宜喜宜嗔」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
It means that you are beautiful when you are angry and when you are happy. Same as “appropriate to be angry or happy”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yí xǐ yí chēn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi4 hei2 yi4 chan1
Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.
