Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「旦暮入地」, explained here.
Discover the idiom 「旦暮入地」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
Dan: morning. Dusk: evening. Earth: underworld. Sooner or later you will enter the underworld. It means that the person is old and may die at any time.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dàn mù rù dì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
daan3 mou6 yap6 dei6/dei2
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
