4 characters Idiom and proverb 24 176

Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「漸入佳境」 for your learning.

Let’s dive into the idiom 「漸入佳境」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Originally it meant that the lower end of sugarcane is sweeter than the upper end, and that it gets sweeter as you eat from top to bottom. Later it is used to describe a situation that is gradually improving or an interest that is gradually growing.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiàn rù jiā jìng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jim6 yap6 gaai1 ging2

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