4 characters Idiom and proverb 8 388

We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「至死不變」, with its usage explained below.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「至死不變」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Banner: to arrive. Never change until death (now often used in a bad sense).

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhì sǐ bù biàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ji3 sei2 bat1 bin3

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.