We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「夭桃穠李」, with its usage explained below.
Learn about the idiom 「夭桃穠李」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
A metaphor for youthful beauty. It is often used as a eulogy for people’s marriage.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yāo táo nóng lǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yiu1 tou2 nung4 lei5
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