4 characters Idiom and proverb 9 884

We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「良時吉日」, with its usage explained below.

The idiom 「良時吉日」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

Beautiful time, auspicious day. Later it is often used to refer to a day suitable for getting married. Same as “auspicious day”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

liáng shí jí rì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

leung4 si4 gat1 yat6

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.