Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「形影相弔」 here, with meaning and examples.
We’re presenting the idiom 「形影相弔」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Condolence: condolences. Alone, I have only myself to comfort me. Describes being helpless and very lonely.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xíng yǐng xiàng diào
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ying4 ying2 seung2 diu3
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
