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Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「疾首蹙額」 today for free with this guide.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「疾首蹙額」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

A headache: a headache; a frown: a frown. Describes the look of disgust and hatred.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jí shǒu cù é

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jat6 sau2 chuk1 ngaak2

There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.