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Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「急杵搗心」, with its explanation below.

We’re presenting the idiom 「急杵搗心」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Describes a feeling of surprise and anxiety.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jí chǔ dǎo xīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gap1 chyu5 dou2 sam1

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.