4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 117

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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「天高地迥」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Jiong: far. Describes something extremely lofty.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tiān gāo dì jiǒng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tin1 gou1 dei6 gwing2

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