Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「挺胸疊肚」, with details below.
This feature highlights the idiom 「挺胸疊肚」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Stand up straight with your chest and puff out your belly. Describes a person who is strong and vigorous. It can also be used to describe the appearance of being arrogant and conceited.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tǐng xiōng dié dù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ting5/ting2 hung1 dip6 tou5
Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.
