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Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「人情世故」, with details below.

The featured idiom 「人情世故」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

The principles of how to behave in society.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rén qíng shì gù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yan4 ching4 sai3 gu3

There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.