4 characters Idiom and proverb 9 408

Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「折膠墮指」, with details below.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「折膠墮指」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

It means extremely cold weather.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shé jiāo duò zhǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jit3 gaau1 do6 ji2

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.