Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「弔膽驚心」, with more below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「弔膽驚心」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
It means to be on tenterhooks.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
diào dǎn jīng xīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
diu3 daam2 geng1 sam1
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
