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 「衣不解帶」, explained below.
The idiom 「衣不解帶」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
To untie: to untie the belt, to take off clothes. I was so overworked that I couldn’t take off my clothes and go to sleep. It also describes the hard work of caring for a patient (mostly referring to elders).
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī bù jiě dài
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi1 bat1 gaai2 daai3/daai2
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
