We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「超超玄箸」, explained below.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「超超玄箸」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Chaochao: superb; Xuan: subtle; Zhu: the same as “着”, obvious. It means that the wording of the essay is profound and clear.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chāo chāo xuán zhù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chiu1 chiu1 yun4 jyu6
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

