Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「改姓更名」, explained below.
Learn about the idiom 「改姓更名」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Change the original name. Mostly refers to concealing one’s original identity. Same as “change one’s name”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gǎi xìng gèng míng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
goi2 sing3 gang3/gaang1 meng2
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
