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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「熬清守談」 here, with meaning and examples.

We’re presenting the idiom 「熬清守談」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Endure a hard and boring life.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

áo qīng shǒu tán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ngaau4 ching1 sau2 taam4

Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.