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 「秋高馬肥」, explained below.
Here’s the idiom 「秋高馬肥」, with its definition and practical application described below.
The weather is clear and crisp in autumn, and the horses are fat and strong. In ancient times, it often refers to the season when foreign ethnic groups in the northwest were active.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qiū gāo mǎ féi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chau1 gou1 ma5 fei4
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
