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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「瓊樓玉宇」.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「瓊樓玉宇」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Qiong: beautiful jade; Yu: house. Refers to the palace in the moon and the towers in the fairyland. It also describes magnificent buildings.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qióng lóu yù yǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

king4 lau2 yuk6 yu5

The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.