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Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「悅目娛心」, with details below.

We’re presenting the idiom 「悅目娛心」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

It pleases the eyes and brings joy to the heart. Describes the feeling of being happy and good.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yuè mù yú xīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yut6 muk6 yu4 sam1

Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.