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Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「通文達理」 and its explanation.

The idiom being introduced now is 「通文達理」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

It means being knowledgeable and understanding the truth.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tōng wén dá lǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tung1 man4 daat6 lei5

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