Chinese language progresses from characters to idioms. This free guide explains the advanced idiom 「興高釆烈」 for better learning.
This feature highlights the idiom 「興高釆烈」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Xing: originally refers to interest, and later refers to interest; Cai: originally refers to spirit, and later refers to spirit; Lie: vigorous. Originally it refers to an article with noble aspirations and sharp words. The latter is often used to describe being in high spirits and full of energy.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xìng gāo cǎi liè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hing1 gou1 bin6 lit6
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