Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「漱石枕流」.
Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「漱石枕流」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.
In the old days, it referred to a secluded life.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shù shí zhěn liú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sau3 sek6 jam2 lau4
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