Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「咳珠唾玉」, explained below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「咳珠唾玉」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
A metaphor for beautiful writing wording.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
ké zhū tuò yù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
kat1 jyu1 to3 yuk6
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.

