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Character combinations make words; words evolve into idioms. Learn 「前合後仰」 today with this free Chinese resource.

We’re presenting the idiom 「前合後仰」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Bend forward: bend the body forward. Lean back: Lean your body backward. Refers to shaking the body back and forth. Describes the state of standing unsteadily. Also written as “forward and backward leaning”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qián hé hòu yǎng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chin4 hap6 hau6 yeung5

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