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After learning basic characters, the next level in Chinese is combining them into words, and then idioms. This free guide helps you understand advanced idioms like 「姑射神人」. Meaning and usage are below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「姑射神人」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Gushe: the name of a mountain; Shenren: a person who has attained enlightenment. Originally refers to the Dedao Zhenren of Guye Mountain. Later it generally refers to beautiful women.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gū shè shén rén

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gu1 se6 san4 yan4

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