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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「格不相入」 for your learning.

Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「格不相入」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

It means out of place. Describes the incoordination and incompatibility between each other.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gé bù xiàng rù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gaak3 bat1 seung2 yap6

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