We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「打恭作揖」.
Today, we explore the idiom 「打恭作揖」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
In the old days, people were polite by bending over, clasping their fists and moving them up and down to show respect.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dǎ gōng zuò yī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
da2 gung1 jok3 chap1
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