4 characters Idiom and proverb 17 269

Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「偷閑躲靜」. Explanation below.

The idiom being introduced now is 「偷閑躲靜」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

Refers to being lazy.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tōu xián duǒ jìng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tau1 haan4 deu2 jing6

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