Chinese idioms like 「亡魂失魄」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.
Today, we explore the idiom 「亡魂失魄」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Soul and spirit: In the old days, the spirit that can exist in the human body apart from the body was called soul, and the spirit that can appear by relying on the body was called spirit. Describes the look of panic, worry, restlessness and abnormal behavior.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wáng hún shī pò
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mong4 wan4 sat1 paak3
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