4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 373

Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「心如木石」, with details below.

Introducing the idiom 「心如木石」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

The mind is like a tree or a stone, without any emotion or desire.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīn rú mù shí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 yu4 muk6 sek6

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