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4 characters 壅川必潰

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Here’s the idiom 「川壅必潰」, with its definition and practical application described below.

壅: blockage. Collapse: breach, collapse of embankment. Blocking a river will cause it to burst. It is a metaphor that one should take advantage of the situation when doing things, otherwise it will lead to adverse consequences.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chuān yōng bì kuì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chyun1 yung1 bit1 kui2

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Build your Chinese expertise by exploring idioms. Here’s today’s: 「川壅必潰」.

Here’s the idiom 「川壅必潰」, with its definition and practical application described below.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

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Here’s the idiom 「川壅必潰」, with its definition and practical application described below.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

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