4 characters Idiom and proverb 6 772

Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「冰肌雪腸」 below.

Here’s the idiom 「冰肌雪腸」, with its definition and practical application described below.

It is a metaphor for a body and mind that is pure and spotless.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bīng jī xuě cháng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bing1 gei1 syut3 cheung2

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