Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「口乾舌燥」, explained below.
The idiom 「口乾舌燥」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Dry: dry. My mouth and tongue are dry. Describes talking too much.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
kǒu gàn shé zào
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hau2 gon3 sit3 chou3
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.
