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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「重於泰山」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

Heavier than Mount Tai. Describes something of great significance.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhòng yú tài shān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jung6 yu1 taai3 saan1

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