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Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「別鶴孤鸞」, with details below.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「別鶴孤鸞」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

Bie: separation; Luan: a bird like the phoenix. The departing crane and the lonely phoenix. A metaphor for a couple who are far apart.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bié hè gū luán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bit6 hok2 gu1 lyun4

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