Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「肝膽塗地」, with more below.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「肝膽塗地」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
Describes a tragic death. It also means being loyal to the utmost and willing to make any sacrifice. Same as “die hard”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gān dǎn tú dì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gon1 daam2 tou4 dei6/dei2
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