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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「日莫途遠」 for your learning.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「日莫途遠」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

It is a metaphor for a very difficult situation, the end of the world. It also describes extreme poverty. Same as “the day is coming to an end and the road is long”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rì mò tú yuǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat6 mok6 tou4 yun5

There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.