We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「有色眼鏡」, with its usage explained below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「有色眼鏡」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
A metaphor for the prejudice against people or things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǒu sè yǎn jìng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yau5 sik1 ngaan5 geng2
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.
