Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「朽木死灰」, with its explanation below.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「朽木死灰」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
Dry trees and cold ashes after the fire was extinguished. It is a metaphor for being extremely depressed and indifferent to everything.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiǔ mù sǐ huī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
nau2 muk6 sei2 fui1
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.
