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

Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「頓口拙腮」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

A metaphor for being dumb and not good at speaking.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dùn kǒu zhuō sāi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

deun6 hau2 jyut3 soi1

Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.