Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「裂裳衣瘡」.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「裂裳衣瘡」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
He tore off his clothes and bandaged the peasants’ wounds.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
liè shang yī chuāng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lit6 seung4 yi1 chong1
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
