Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「衣錦榮歸」 and how it’s used.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「衣錦榮歸」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
It used to refer to returning to one’s hometown after becoming rich and powerful. It means to show off to the people in the village.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī jǐn róng guī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi1 gam2 wing4 gwai1
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
