Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「遠走高飛」.
Learn about the idiom 「遠走高飛」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
It means running away like a wild beast or flying away like a bird. It is a metaphor for a person running to a faraway place. It usually refers to finding a way out of a difficult situation.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yuǎn zǒu gāo fēi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yun5 jau2 gou1 fei1
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.
