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Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「麟趾呈祥」. Explanation below.

Introducing the idiom 「麟趾呈祥」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

In the old days, it was used to congratulate the birth of a child.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lín zhǐ chéng xiáng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

leun4 ji2 ching4 cheung4

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.