4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 327

Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「引經據典」, detailed below.

This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「引經據典」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Quote classic books as the basis for the argument.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǐn jīng jù diǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yan5 ging1 geui3 din2

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