Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「悶海愁山」, as shown below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「悶海愁山」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Sorrow is like a mountain and depression is like the sea. It describes the sadness as big as a mountain and as deep as the sea, which cannot be relieved.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mèn hǎi chóu shān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mun6 hoi2 sau4 saan1
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
