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The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「汗流接踵」, detailing its meaning and use.

Here’s the idiom 「汗流接踵」, with its definition and practical application described below.

I sweat a lot, and the sweat flows down to my heels. Often used to describe extreme fear or shame.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hàn liú jiē zhǒng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hon6 lau4 jip3 jung2

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