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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「身當矢石」 for your learning.

The idiom 「身當矢石」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

Describes personally resisting the enemy’s attack.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shēn dāng shǐ shí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

san1 dong3/dong1 chi2 sek6

Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.