Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「顧景慚形」 and its usage.
Discover the idiom 「顧景慚形」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
Looking at the figure, I felt ashamed of my own body. It means to feel ashamed because one thinks he or she is unworthy of a certain honor, title, etc. Scenery, same as “shadow”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gù jǐng cán xíng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gu3 ging2 chaam4 ying4
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