Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「蕭規曹隨」.
Introducing the Chinese idiom 「蕭規曹隨」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
Xiao He established rules and regulations, and after his death, Cao Shen became prime minister and continued to implement them. A metaphor for doing things according to the established rules of the predecessor.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiāo guī cáo suí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
siu1 kwai1 chou4 cheui4
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
