4 characters Idiom and proverb 26 461

Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「齒過肩隨」, with details below.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「齒過肩隨」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

Refers to respecting elders.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chǐ guò jiān suí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chi2 gwo3 gin1 cheui4

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