Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「妍蚩好惡」 and its explanation.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「妍蚩好惡」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Yan: beautiful. Chi: same as “媸”, ugly, disgusting. Beautiful, ugly, good and bad. Originally refers to the gains and losses of writing.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yán chī hǎo è
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yin4 chi1 hou2 ok3
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
