Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「釆蘭贈藥」 here, with meaning and examples.
This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「釆蘭贈藥」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Orchid: orchid, the flower has a fragrant scent; medicine: peony. It is a metaphor for men and women giving each other gifts to express their love.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cǎi lán zèng yào
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bin6 laan4/laan1 jang6 yeuk6
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