Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「離鸞別鵠」 and how it’s used.
Let’s learn about the idiom 「離鸞別鵠」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
A metaphor for the separation of husband and wife. Same as “parting the phoenix and the luan”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lí luán bié hú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lei4 lyun4 bit6 huk6
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