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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「一長兩短」.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「一長兩短」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

Refers to an unexpected disaster or accident.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī zhǎng liǎng duǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 cheung4 leung5 dyun2

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