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Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「獨有千古」, detailed below.

The featured idiom 「獨有千古」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Having lasting value; possessing unique expertise or advantages. Same as “unique and special”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dú yǒu qiān gǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

duk6 yau5 chin1 gu2

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