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Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「黃皮寡廋」. Explanation below.

The Chinese idiom 「黃皮寡廋」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.

Describes the appearance of being pale and thin. Same as “yellow skin shaving”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huáng pí guǎ sōu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wong4 pei2 gwa2 sau1

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.