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 「笑比河清」, explained below.
The idiom 「笑比河清」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Describes a serious attitude and a lack of smiles.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiào bǐ hé qīng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
siu3 bei2 ho4 ching1
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.

