Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「一代文宗」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「一代文宗」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Zong: Grandmaster. A writer admired by everyone of his time. Also written as “the master of the time”, “the master of his generation”, and “the master of his generation”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī dài wén zōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 doi6 man4 jung1
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.
