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Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「死灰槁木」 and its explanation.

The featured idiom 「死灰槁木」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Cold ashes and withered trees. A metaphor for being lifeless or depressed, and indifferent to worldly affairs.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

sǐ huī gǎo mù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sei2 fui1 gou2 muk6

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