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Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「德藝雙馨」, with its explanation below.

This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「德藝雙馨」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Describes a person who has a good reputation for both virtue and art (skills). Generally refers to people who are engaged in art.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dé yì shuāng xīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dak1 ngai6 seung1 hing1

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.