Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「生死肉骨」.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「生死肉骨」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
Raw, meat: used as verbs. Bring the dead back to life and grow flesh on bones. Describes a great favor.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shēng sǐ ròu gǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sang1 sei2 yuk6 gwat1
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.

