Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「懸首吳闕」.
Learn about the idiom 「懸首吳闕」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
It’s like hanging the door and gouging out the eyes. It is used as an allusion to the story of martyrs who died for their country.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xuán shǒu wú què
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yun4 sau2 ng4 kyut3
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
