We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「評頭品足」.
Today, we explore the idiom 「評頭品足」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Originally it meant to frivolously comment on a woman’s appearance. It is now also used to describe being extremely picky.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
píng tóu pǐn zú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ping4 tau4 ban2 juk1
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