4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 587

Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「文子文孫」 here, with meaning and examples.

We’re presenting the idiom 「文子文孫」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Refers to the descendants of King Wen of Zhou. Later it was generally used to praise the descendants of emperors.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wén zǐ wén sūn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

man4 ji2 man4 syun1

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.