4 characters Idiom and proverb 14 101

Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「科班出身」. Explanation below.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「科班出身」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

Figuratively meaning to be qualified by formal education or training.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

kē bān chū shēn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fo1 baan1 cheut1 san1

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