To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「銅駝荊棘」 explained, free of charge.
We’re presenting the idiom 「銅駝荊棘」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Bronze Camel: A bronze camel that was placed outside the palace gate in ancient times. Describes the devastated scene after the country fell.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tóng tuó jīng jí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tung4 to4 ging1 kik1/gik1
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