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Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「斷線偶戲」, with its explanation below.

This introduction highlights the idiom 「斷線偶戲」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

Like a puppet with its strings cut, unable to move.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

duàn xiàn ǒu xì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tyun5 sin3 ngau5 hei3

The world of Chinese idioms is massive, filled with countless expressions, each with distinct meanings and applications. These materials are here to support you as you improve your Chinese skills.