Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「童顏鶴發」—details below.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「童顏鶴發」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
Yan: complexion. The crane’s feathers are like snow-white hair, and its face is as rosy as a child’s. Used to describe an elderly person’s good complexion.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tóng yán hè fā
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tung4 ngaan4 hok2 faat3
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