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Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「頓足椎胸」 and its explanation.

Introducing the idiom 「頓足椎胸」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Describes the look of intense emotions. Same as “stamping feet and beating chest”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dùn zú zhuī xiōng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

deun6 juk1 jeui1 hung1

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.