Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「撮科打閧」, explained here.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「撮科打閧」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
It means to make a joke. Funny actions or language inserted by opera and folk art performers into their performances. “哄” means “hong”, same as “哄”, meaning noisy.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cuō kē dǎ hòng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chyut3 fo1 da2 hung3
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.
