Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「心若死灰」 for your learning.
The idiom 「心若死灰」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.
Ashes: Ashes that have cooled. Describes a mental state that is not affected by external things. It is now mostly used to describe feeling frustrated and disappointed.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xīn ruò sǐ huī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sam1 yeuk6 sei2 fui1
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