Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「朝陽鳴鳳」 and its explanation.
This feature highlights the idiom 「朝陽鳴鳳」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
A metaphor for people who have outstanding moral character, are upright and dare to speak out.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cháo yáng míng fèng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jiu1 yeung4 ming4 fung6
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