We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「鳩車竹馬」, with its usage explained below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「鳩車竹馬」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Dove cart and bamboo horse: children’s toys. Refers to childhood.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiū chē zhú mǎ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gau1 che1 juk1 ma5
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