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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「千頭萬緒」 here, with meaning and examples.

The idiom 「千頭萬緒」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.

Thread: silk head. A metaphor for the beginning of something, with many clues. It also describes things as complicated and confusing.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qiān tóu wàn xù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chin1 tau4 maan6 seui5

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