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After learning basic characters, the next level in Chinese is combining them into words, and then idioms. This free guide helps you understand advanced idioms like 「班衣戲彩」. Meaning and usage are below.

The idiom 「班衣戲彩」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

Refers to wearing colorful clothes and acting like a baby to entertain parents. Later it was used as an allusion to filial piety towards elderly adoptive parents.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bān yī xì cǎi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

baan1 yi1 hei3 paai3

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.