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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