Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「東海逝波」, explained below.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「東海逝波」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
The waves of the eastward-flowing sea. It is a metaphor that the situation is hopeless and cannot be reversed.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dōng hǎi shì bō
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dung1 hoi2 sai6 bo1
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
