We strive to offer you free Chinese learning resources. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, which are rich in meaning and can be used in various situations. Today’s idiom is 「石泐海枯」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
The featured idiom 「石泐海枯」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Until the rocks crumbled and the sea dried up. Describes an extremely long period of time.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shí lè hǎi kū
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sek6 lak6 hoi2 fu1
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