Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「倒山傾海」.
Learn about the idiom 「倒山傾海」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Used to describe a great momentum and tremendous power.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dǎo shān qīng hǎi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dou2 saan1 king1 hoi2
Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.
