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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「臨難苟免」, with more below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「臨難苟免」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

To survive in times of crisis.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lín nán gǒu miǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lam4 naan4 gau2 min5

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