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

Learn about the idiom 「鏘金鏗玉」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

The metaphor uses loud syllables and beautiful verses. Same as “clang of gold and hum of jade”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qiāng jīn kēng yù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheung1 gam1 hang1 yuk6

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.