Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「熬枯受淡」, explained here.
This feature highlights the idiom 「熬枯受淡」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Refers to enduring a hard life.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
áo kū shòu dàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngaau4 fu1 sau6 daam6
Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.

