Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「甘死如飴」 and its usage.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「甘死如飴」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
Gan: willing; Yi: maltose. Willing to die is like eating candy. Describes the person who is not afraid of death and regards death as a pleasure.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gān sǐ rú yí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gam1 sei2 yu4 yi4
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