4 characters Idiom and proverb 5 923

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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「平地樓台」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

A metaphor for a business that is built from scratch with no original foundation.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

píng dì lóu tái

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ping4 dei6 lau2 toi2/toi4

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