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 「水火不辭」, explained below.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「水火不辭」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
It means not avoiding difficulties and dangers. Same as “water and fire cannot be avoided”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shuǐ huǒ bù cí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seui2 fo2 bat1 chi4
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.
