To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「楚囚對泣」 explained, free of charge.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「楚囚對泣」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Chu prisoners: originally referred to the Chu people who were captured in the Jin State, later referred to people who were in trouble and had no idea what to do. A metaphor for being relatively worried when the situation is difficult and there is nothing you can do.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chǔ qiú duì qì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cho2 chau4 deui3 yap1
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