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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「低首下心」 for your learning.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「低首下心」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

Shou: head; xiaxin: submit to others. Describes submission and obedience.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dī shǒu xià xīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dai1 sau2 ha6 sam1

Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.