We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「瞻雲就日」, with its usage explained below.
Learn about the idiom 「瞻雲就日」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Originally it referred to the grace of a wise monarch that extended to the people. Later it was often used as a metaphor for being close to the emperor.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhān yún jiù rì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jim1 wan4 jau6 yat6
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