Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「枝流葉布」 for your learning.
Learn about the idiom 「枝流葉布」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
It is a metaphor that the descendants and tribes are widely distributed. Same as “branches and leaves are spread out”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhī liú yè bù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji1 lau4 yip6 bou3
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
