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Free Chinese learning materials for you! This series uncovers idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning. Let’s break down 「深入骨髓」 and its usage.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「深入骨髓」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Describes a situation that has reached an extremely deep or serious level.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shēn rù gǔ suǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 yap6 gwat1 seui5

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