Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「舉手加額」 here, with meaning and examples.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「舉手加額」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Putting hands together and touching forehead to forehead was an expression of celebration in ancient times.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jǔ shǒu jiā é
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
geui2 sau2 ga1 ngaak2
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.

