Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「福如東海」. Explanation below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「福如東海」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
The blessing is as great as the East China Sea. An old-time greeting.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fú rú dōng hǎi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fuk1 yu4 dung1 hoi2
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.
