Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「朽木難雕」, with details below.
The idiom being introduced now is 「朽木難雕」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
A metaphor for a person who cannot be improved or a thing or situation that is hopelessly bad. Same as “A rotten tree cannot be carved.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiǔ mù nán diāo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
nau2 muk6 naan4 diu1
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
