Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「黃麻紫書」 and how it’s used.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「黃麻紫書」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
The emperor’s proclamations were written on jute paper and sealed with purple clay, hence the name. Same as “jute purple clay”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huáng má zǐ shū
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wong4 ma4 ji2 syu1
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.
