4 characters Idiom and proverb 5 765

Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「四肢百骸」 and how it’s used.

The featured idiom 「四肢百骸」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Parts of the human body. Refers to the whole body.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

sì zhī bǎi hái

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sei3 ji1 baak3 haai4

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