Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「取青媲白」, with its explanation below.
This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「取青媲白」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
The combination of blue and white is a metaphor for the emphasis on parallelism in poetry and prose.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qǔ qīng pì bái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cheui2 ching1/cheng1 pei3 baak6
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
