Chinese education begins with characters, continues with phrases, and grows into idioms. This free lesson covers the idiom 「龍生九子」. Learn its usage below.
This feature highlights the idiom 「龍生九子」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
It is a metaphor that brothers have different qualities and hobbies.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lung4 saang1/sang1 gau2 ji2
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