Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「文章宿老」.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「文章宿老」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Su: old, engaged for a long time. Refers to a master who is good at writing.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wén zhāng xiǔ lǎo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
man4 jeung1 suk1 lou5
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
