4 characters Idiom and proverb 2 907

From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「山呼海嘯」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.

We’re presenting the idiom 「山呼海嘯」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

The mountains are calling and the sea is roaring. Describes a grand momentum. It also describes extremely harsh natural conditions.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shān hū hǎi xiào

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

saan1 fu1 hoi2 siu3

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