4 characters Idiom and proverb 27 457

Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「雕龍畫鳳」 and how it’s used.

This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「雕龍畫鳳」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Carved dragon and phoenix.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

diāo lóng huà fèng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

diu1 lung4 wa2/waak6 fung6

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