We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「在官言官」, with its usage explained below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「在官言官」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
It means that you should speak according to your position.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zài guān yán guān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
joi6 gun1 yin4 gun1
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
