4 characters Idiom and proverb 26 733

We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「橫遮豎擋」, explained below.

Let’s learn about the idiom 「橫遮豎擋」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Refers to obstruction from multiple parties. Same as “horizontal block and vertical block”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

héng zhē shù dǎng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

waang4 je1 syu6 dong2

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