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After learning basic characters, the next level in Chinese is combining them into words, and then idioms. This free guide helps you understand advanced idioms like 「摘埴索塗」. Meaning and usage are below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「摘埴索塗」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

The blind man touched the ground with his stick to explore the road. A metaphor for blind behavior.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhāi zhí suǒ tú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jaak6 jik6 sok3 tou4

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