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Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「背曲腰躬」, explained here.

Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「背曲腰躬」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

The back is bent. Often refers to sitting for a long time or being old.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bèi qǔ yāo gōng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bui3 kuk1 yiu1 gung1

Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.