We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「焚符破璽」, with its usage explained below.
The idiom 「焚符破璽」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Burn the letter and break the seal.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fén fú pò xǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fan4 fu4 po3 saai2
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.

