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

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「撞頭磕腦」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

A metaphor for hitting a wall and not getting anything done.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhuàng tóu kē nǎo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jong6 tau4 hap6 nou5

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