{"id":13352,"date":"2017-06-08T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=13352"},"modified":"2017-05-18T17:49:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T21:49:21","slug":"5-more-awesome-chinese-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/5-more-awesome-chinese-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"5 More Awesome Chinese Idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are thousands of idioms<\/strong> (\u6210\u8bed \u2013 ch\u00e9ng y\u01d4) in Chinese, which provide an insight into the history and culture of the country. We covered five awesome Chinese idioms<\/a> a few months ago, but there are still so many more! We’ll never get to them all, but at least for now here are five more awesome Chinese idioms.<\/p>\n

\u843d\u53f6\u5f52\u6839<\/h1>\n

lu\u00f2 y\u00e8 gu\u012b g\u0113n<\/h2>\n

\u201cFalling leaves return to their roots.\u201d<\/h2>\n
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Image by Ben Thompson from flickr.com.<\/p><\/div>\n

Let\u2019s break this idiom down character by character to understand it better:<\/p>\n

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    \u843d \u2013 to fall; decline<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    \u53f6 \u2013 leaf<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    \u5f52 \u2013 to return; go back<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    \u6839 \u2013 root; origin<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Meaning<\/em>:\u00a0Basically, this idiom is used to describe returning to one\u2019s hometown and\/or family, regardless of where life takes them.<\/p>\n

    Use<\/em>: If you\u2019re like me and you\u2019ve spent years living abroad, sometimes you get a little homesick and you just want to go back to where you came from. If and when I ever decide to give up the Gypsy life\u00a0and head home, I can use this idiom to explain my decision. Every Chinese person I talk to would understand completely.<\/p>\n

    There\u2019s even a movie named after this idiom, but it\u2019s called \u201cGetting Home\u201d in English. A more serious version of the classic American flick \u201cWeekend at Bernie\u2019s,\u201d this movie follows a construction worker who tries to fulfill a dying colleague\u2019s wish by returning his body to his hometown.<\/p>\n