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The idiom 「移山填海」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Move the mountains and fill the sea. Refers to the superb magical powers of immortals. It is now often used to describe the great power and courage of mankind to conquer and transform nature.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yí shān tián hǎi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yi4 saan1 tin4 hoi2

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