Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「麟角鳳毛」, with details below.
The idiom being introduced now is 「麟角鳳毛」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
The horn of a unicorn and the feathers of a phoenix. A metaphor for rare and precious talents or things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lín jiǎo fèng máo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
leun4 gok3 fung6 mou1/mou4
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
