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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: 「倚門賣笑」.

Here’s the idiom 「倚門賣笑」, with its definition and practical application described below.

In the old days, it was used to describe the life of prostitutes.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǐ mén mài xiào

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yi2 mun4 maai6 siu3

There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.