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Helping you learn Chinese for free is our aim. This idiom and proverb series offers phrases with great depth and versatility. Let’s look at 「畫棟雕梁」 and how to use it.

We’re presenting the idiom 「畫棟雕梁」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Refers to a very gorgeous house with colorful decorations.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huà dòng diāo liáng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wa2/waak6 dung6 diu1 leung4

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