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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「綦溪利跂」.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「綦溪利跂」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

It refers to pretending to be profound and being different and different from the crowd.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qí xī lì qí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kei4 kai1 lei6 kei4

The world of Chinese idioms is massive, filled with countless expressions, each with distinct meanings and applications. These materials are here to support you as you improve your Chinese skills.