Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「飛簷走脊」 today for free with this guide.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「飛簷走脊」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Old novels describe people with martial arts skills as being so agile that they can jump onto the eaves and climb over walls. Same as “flying over eaves and walking on walls”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fēi yán zǒu jǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fei1 yim4/sim4 jau2 jik3
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.
