We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「活剝生吞」, explained below.
We’re presenting the idiom 「活剝生吞」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
A metaphor for mechanically copying or stiffly imitating.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huó bāo shēng tūn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wut6 mok1 saang1/sang1 tan1
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
