Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「十面埋伏」.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「十面埋伏」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
It means setting up ambushes on ten sides to encircle and annihilate the enemy.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shí miàn mái fú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sap6 min6 maai4 fuk6
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.
