4 characters Idiom and proverb 11 636

Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「杳無黃鶴」 for your learning.

Let’s dive into the idiom 「杳無黃鶴」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

杳: so far away that no trace can be seen; silent and traceless. It was like the yellow crane ridden by an immortal; it disappeared without a trace once it was gone.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǎo wú huáng hè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

miu5 mou4 wong4 hok2

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