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

Discover the idiom 「吹影鏤塵」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

Carve: to carve. Blow shadows and carve dust. A metaphor for craftsmanship so fine that it disappears without a trace.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chuī yǐng lòu chén

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheui1 ying2 lau6 chan4

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