Chinese education begins with characters, continues with phrases, and grows into idioms. This free lesson covers the idiom 「東流西上」. Learn its usage below.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「東流西上」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Water flows east, people go west. A metaphor for people’s longing for their hometown.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dōng liú xī shàng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dung1 lau4 sai1 seung6
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
