Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「花階柳市」 and its explanation.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「花階柳市」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Refers to the street market where brothels are concentrated.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huā jiē liǔ shì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fa1 gaai1 lau5 si5
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.

