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After learning basic characters, the next level in Chinese is combining them into words, and then idioms. This free guide helps you understand advanced idioms like 「六馬仰秣」. Meaning and usage are below.

Learn about the idiom 「六馬仰秣」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

It means that the music is so beautiful that even horses raise their heads to listen and stop eating their feed.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

liù mǎ yǎng mò

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

luk6 ma5 yeung5 mut6

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.