Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「五方雜處」, with its explanation below.
The Chinese idiom 「五方雜處」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.
Five directions: east, south, west, north and center, generally referring to everywhere; place: live. Describes the residents of big cities, who come from all over the world.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wǔ fāng zá chù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ng5 fong1 jaap6 chyu5
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