4 characters Idiom and proverb 18 397

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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「深根蟠結」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Still tangled and intertwined. It is a metaphor for the fact that evil forces have deep roots and close ties.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shēn gēn pán jié

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 gan1 pun4 git3

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