Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「捩手覆羹」 for your learning.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「捩手覆羹」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
single movement of the finger will cause the soup to spill. A metaphor for getting into trouble at any time.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
liè shǒu fù gēng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lai2 sau2 fuk1 gang1
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.
