Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「刮骨抽筋」, explained below.
The idiom 「刮骨抽筋」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
A metaphor for trying hard to plunder and exploit the people’s wealth.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
guā gǔ chōu jīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gwaat3 gwat1 chau1 gan1
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
