4 characters Idiom and proverb 6 379

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The idiom being introduced now is 「白首窮經」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

He was still studying classics even when he was old, as the saying goes, “You never stop learning as long as you live.”

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bái shǒu qióng jīng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

baak6 sau2 kung4 ging1

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