Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「山頹木壞」, explained here.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「山頹木壞」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
Ce: Mount Tai; Tui: collapse; Mu: beam. Mount Tai collapsed and the beams broke. A metaphor for the death of a highly admired person.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shān tuí mù huài
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
saan1 teui4 muk6 waai6
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
