Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「群居穴處」.
Learn about the idiom 「群居穴處」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Primitive humans lived in groups in caves. It is a metaphor for being rude, ignorant, and having limited knowledge.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qún jū xué chù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
kwan4 geui1 yut6 chyu5
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
