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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「明堂正道」, with its usage explained below.

The idiom 「明堂正道」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

It means formal, open, and upright. Same as “fair and just”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

míng táng zhèng dào

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ming4 tong4 jeng3/jing3 dou6

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.