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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「變色之言」, with its usage explained below.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「變色之言」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Words that change your facial expression. It usually refers to words said impulsively and angry when arguing about right and wrong.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

biàn sè zhī yán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bin3 sik1 ji1 yin4

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.