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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「裁心鏤舌」, with more below.

The idiom 「裁心鏤舌」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Describes using all one’s thoughts and words.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

cái xīn lòu shé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

choi4 sam1 lau6 sit3

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