Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「塞上江南」.
Discover the idiom 「塞上江南」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
It originally referred to the Helan Mountain area within the ancient Liangzhou. Later it came to refer to the wealthy areas outside the Great Wall. Same as “Saibei Jiangnan”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sāi shàng jiāng nán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sak1 seung5/seung6 gong1 naam4
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
