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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: 「光天化日」.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「光天化日」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Guangtian: the biggest sky, broad daylight; Huari: the sun that gives birth to all things. Originally used to describe a peaceful and prosperous time. Later it is used to describe a situation where everyone can see very clearly.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

guāng tiān huà rì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gwong1 tin1 fa3 yat6

The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.