Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「分庭伉禮」.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「分庭伉禮」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
A metaphor for a relationship of equality and reciprocity. Same as “confrontation”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fèn tíng kàng lǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fan1 ting4 kong3 lai5
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.
