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Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「槁項沒齒」 today for free with this guide.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「槁項沒齒」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

The neck is dry and the teeth are falling out. Old appearance.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gǎo xiàng méi chǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gou2 hong6 mut6 chi2

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.