From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「旁敲側擊」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「旁敲側擊」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
It is a metaphor that when speaking or writing, one does not point out the problem directly, but instead satirizes or criticizes it indirectly.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
páng qiāo cè jī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
pong4 haau1 jak1 gik1
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
