Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「裹足不前」, with details below.
This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「裹足不前」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Wrap: wrap. He stopped and couldn’t move forward, as if his feet were entangled.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
guǒ zú bù qián
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gwo2 juk1 bat1 chin4
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
