Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「目成心許」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「目成心許」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Mu Cheng: conveying feelings through eyes and communicating with each other’s hearts. Xu: allow; promise. It describes a situation where a man and a woman communicate their love to each other through their eyes and secretly agree on each other in their hearts. Also written as “eyes become the language of eyebrows” and “eyes become the transmission of the heart”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mù chéng xīn xǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
muk6 sing4 sam1 heui2
The treasure trove of Chinese idioms is extensive, with different expressions suited for various situations. We hope these free resources will aid you in your journey to mastering Chinese.
