Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「鳶肩鵠頸」—details below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「鳶肩鵠頸」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Like a kite shrugging its shoulders, like a swan stretching its neck. Describes the look of thinking hard at a desk.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yuān jiān hú jǐng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yun1 gin1 huk6 geng2
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
