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Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「桃李春風」 and its explanation.

This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「桃李春風」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

It is a metaphor for students receiving earnest teachings from a good teacher.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

táo lǐ chūn fēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tou2 lei5 cheun1 fung1

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