Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「刀頭舔蜜」 and how it’s used.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「刀頭舔蜜」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Licking: To touch or fetch something with the tongue. A metaphor for more harm than good. It also refers to being greedy for money and lustful, and not caring about one’s life.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dāo tóu tiǎn mì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dou1 tau4 tim2 mat6
The world of Chinese idioms is massive, filled with countless expressions, each with distinct meanings and applications. These materials are here to support you as you improve your Chinese skills.
