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

We’re presenting the idiom 「詰曲聱牙」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Describes sentences that are difficult and not fluent.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jié qǔ áo yá

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kit3 kuk1 ngou4 nga4

Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.