Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「濟河焚舟」 and its usage.
Discover the idiom 「濟河焚舟」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
After crossing the river, they burned the boat. It is a metaphor for advancing without retreat, and fighting to the death.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jì hé fén zhōu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jai3 ho4 fan4 jau1
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