成语 meaning and pronunciation

成语
Simplified word
成語
Traditional word

成语 English definition

chéng yǔ
  • Chinese set expression of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each: expression often alluding to a story or historical quotation
  • idiom
  • proverb
  • saying
  • adage
  • set expression
  • CL:条[tiao2] ,本[ben3] ,句[ju4]

HSK level

Characters

  • 成 (chéng): to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth;
  • 语 (yǔ): dialect; language; speech;