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Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「釋知遺形」, with details below.

Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「釋知遺形」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

It means abandoning wisdom and forgetting the body. It means being detached from the world and not competing with the world.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shì zhī yí xíng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sik1 ji1 wai4 ying4

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.