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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: 「河梁之誼」.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「河梁之誼」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

Heliang: Bridge, refers to the place of farewell. Refers to the reluctance to part when saying goodbye.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hé liáng zhī yì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ho4 leung4 ji1 yi4

There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.