Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「遁世離俗」 here, with meaning and examples.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「遁世離俗」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
It refers to living in seclusion and cutting off worldly contacts.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dùn shì lí sú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
deun6 sai3 lei4 juk6
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.

