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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「瑤台瓊室」.

Learn about the idiom 「瑤台瓊室」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Jade-built towers and palaces. Generally refers to magnificent palace buildings.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yáo tái qióng shì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yiu4 toi2/toi4 king4 sat1

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.