4 characters Idiom and proverb 19 462

Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「雪恥報仇」, explained here.

Here’s the idiom 「雪恥報仇」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Snow: Wash off. Wash away the shame and strike down the enemies. Also written as “revenge”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xuě chǐ bào chóu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

syut3 chi2 bou3 sau4

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