Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「急脈緩受」 for your learning.
Today’s idiom is 「急脈緩受」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
A metaphor for using a gentle approach to deal with urgent matters. It also refers to the intentional relaxation of a poem in the process of writing to create ups and downs. Same as “slow moxibustion for urgent pulse”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jí mài huǎn shòu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gap1 mak6 wun6 sau6
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.

