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Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「自壞長城」 and its explanation.

This introduction highlights the idiom 「自壞長城」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

A metaphor for weakening one’s own strength or destroying one’s own career.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zì huài zhǎng chéng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ji6 waai6 cheung4 sing4

Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.