Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「踵趾相接」, with more below.
Here’s the idiom 「踵趾相接」, with its definition and practical application described below.
It means that the footprints are connected. Describes a large number of people who come in succession.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhǒng zhǐ xiàng jiē
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jung2 ji2 seung2 jip3
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.

