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Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「佳人薄命」. Explanation below.

We’re presenting the idiom 「佳人薄命」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Refers to a young beautiful woman who has a bad fate.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiā rén báo mìng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gaai1 yan4 bok6 meng6

Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.