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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「神差鬼使」 here, with meaning and examples.

Here is the Chinese idiom 「神差鬼使」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

It was as if a ghost or god was controlling me, and I unconsciously did things that I had never thought of doing.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shén chà guǐ shǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

san4 cha1 gwai2 sai2/si2

Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.