Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「濃妝淡抹」, with its explanation below.
The featured idiom 「濃妝淡抹」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Refers to two different types of makeup: gaudy and elegant. See “Light makeup or heavy makeup”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
nóng zhuāng dàn mò
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
nung4 jong1 daam6 maat3/mut3
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.

