We strive to offer you free Chinese learning resources. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, which are rich in meaning and can be used in various situations. Today’s idiom is 「雕肝琢膂」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
This feature highlights the idiom 「雕肝琢膂」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
A metaphor for the deliberate refinement of writing. Same as “carving the liver and polishing the kidneys”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
diāo gān zhuó lǚ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
diu1 gon1 deuk3 leui5
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
