4 characters Idiom and proverb 28 443

Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「鴻爪雪泥」 and its explanation.

Let’s learn about the idiom 「鴻爪雪泥」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

A metaphor for the traces left by the past.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hóng zhǎo xuě ní

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hung4 jaau2 syut3 nai4

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