Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「掩惡揚善」 and how it’s used.
We’re presenting the idiom 「掩惡揚善」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
It means to avoid talking about other people’s faults and praise their strengths.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǎn è yáng shàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yim2 ok3 yeung2/yeung4 sin6
There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.
