Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「百身莫贖」.
Today, we explore the idiom 「百身莫贖」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Hundred bodies: to die one hundred times; redemption: to atone. Even if I had a hundred of them, I still couldn’t bring you back. Express deepest condolences.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bǎi shēn mò shú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
baak3 san1 mok6 suk6/juk6
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
