Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「遁入空門」 and how it’s used.
We’re presenting the idiom 「遁入空門」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Dun: escape; Kongmen: refers to Buddhism, because Buddhism believes that everything in the world is empty. Refers to becoming a monk. Avoid worldly affairs and enter Buddhism.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dùn rù kōng mén
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
deun6 yap6 hung1 mun4
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
