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Chinese learning begins with simple characters, progresses to phrases, and culminates in idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms. Today’s focus is 「烽火四起」. Check below for details.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「烽火四起」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

The flames of war burned from all directions. It describes a situation where the border is unstable and enemies are invading from all directions.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fēng huǒ sì qǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fung1 fo2 sei3 hei2

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