Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「開山祖師」 below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「開山祖師」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Originally refers to the monk who founded a temple. Later it was used to refer to the founder of a certain business.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
kāi shān zǔ shī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hoi1 saan1 jou2 si1
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.
