4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 269

Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「屯蹶否塞」 and how it’s used.

This introduction highlights the idiom 「屯蹶否塞」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

Refers to hardship and distress. It is a metaphor that life is very hard.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tún juě fǒu sāi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tyun4 kyut3 fau2 sak1

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