Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「曲肱而枕」 and its explanation.
This feature highlights the idiom 「曲肱而枕」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Humerus: The part of the arm from the elbow to the shoulder, generally refers to the arm. Pillow: to lie on. Sleeping with bent arms as pillow. Describes a person’s peaceful and worry-free life.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qǔ gōng ér zhěn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
kuk1 gwang1 yi4 jam2
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