4 characters Idiom and proverb 3 807

To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「六尺之孤」 explained, free of charge.

We’re presenting the idiom 「六尺之孤」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Refers to orphans who have not yet reached adulthood.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

liù chǐ zhī gū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

luk6 chek3 ji1 gu1

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