To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「刎頸之交」 explained, free of charge.
The idiom being introduced now is 「刎頸之交」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Cut the neck: cut the neck; friendship: friendship. A metaphor for friends who can share life and death, and adversities.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wěn jǐng zhī jiāo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
man5 geng2 ji1 gaau1
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