Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「欺霜傲雪」.
Here, we present the idiom 「欺霜傲雪」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
It describes the state of not being afraid of frost, snow or severe cold, and the more difficult the external conditions are, the more spirited one is. It is a metaphor for being fearless and undaunted in the face of cruel persecution or attacks after long-term training. Arrogant, arrogant, contemptuous.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qī shuāng ào xuě
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hei1 seung1 ngou6 syut3
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.
