We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「急景凋年」, explained below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「急景凋年」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Jing: same as “ying”, time; dio: wither. Describes the rapid passage of time and the end of the year. It also refers to the end of the year.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jí jǐng diāo nián
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gap1 ging2 diu1 nin4
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