Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「拔山蓋世」, with more below.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「拔山蓋世」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
Unrivaled: Surpassing everyone else in the world, the best in the world. The strength to pull up mountains is used to describe someone who is extremely strong and brave, unrivaled in his time.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bá shān gài shì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bat6 saan1 goi3/koi3 sai3
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