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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「蠢蠢欲動」, with more below.

Learn about the idiom 「蠢蠢欲動」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Chunchun: the way a reptile crawls. It is a metaphor for the enemy preparing to attack or the bad guys plotting to cause trouble.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chǔn chǔn yù dòng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheun2 cheun2 yuk6 dung6

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.