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After learning basic characters, the next level in Chinese is combining them into words, and then idioms. This free guide helps you understand advanced idioms like 「炊金饌玉」. Meaning and usage are below.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「炊金饌玉」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Cook: to light the fire to cook; eat: to eat. Describes a sumptuous dish.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chuī jīn zhuàn yù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheui1 gam1 jaan6 yuk6

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.