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From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「爍石流金」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「爍石流金」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

It refers to extremely high temperature that can melt gold and stone. Describes extreme heat. Shuo, the same as “Shuo”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shuò shí liú jīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

seuk3 sek6 lau4 gam1

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.