We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「難兄難弟」, with its usage explained below.
Here’s the idiom 「難兄難弟」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Used to describe two brothers who are both good and it is difficult to tell who is better. Now it is used in reverse to satirize the two brothers as being bad.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
nán xiōng nán dì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
naan4 hing1 naan4 dai6
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.
