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Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「層巒疊嶂」, explained here.

The idiom 「層巒疊嶂」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Layers of mountains: mountains connected to each other; layers of barriers: many high and dangerous mountains that act like barriers. Describes the mountains as numerous and steep.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

céng luán dié zhàng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chang4 lyun4 dip6 jeung3

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