4 characters Idiom and proverb 9 796

We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「沛雨甘霖」, with its usage explained below.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「沛雨甘霖」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Plenty of sweet rain. A metaphor for deep blessing.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

pèi yǔ gān lín

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

pui3 yu5 gam1 lam4

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.