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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 「一花獨放」, with details below.

The idiom being introduced now is 「一花獨放」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

One flower blooms alone. In contrast to “let a hundred flowers bloom”, it is often used to describe the lack of artistic works of various forms and styles.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī huā dú fàng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 fa1 duk6 fong3

The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.