Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「河涸海乾」 for your learning.
Here’s the idiom 「河涸海乾」, with its definition and practical application described below.
The rivers dried up and the seas dried up. It is a metaphor for being exhaustive and thorough, leaving no room for ambiguity.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hé hé hǎi gàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ho4 kok3 hoi2 gon3
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.
