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Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「變古易常」. Explanation below.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「變古易常」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Change past laws and customs.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

biàn gǔ yì cháng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bin3 gu2 yi6 seung4

Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.