Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「一臥不起」—details below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「一臥不起」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
It means that once you are sick there is no improvement.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī wò bù qǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 ngo6 bat1 hei2
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
