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Free Chinese learning materials for you! This series uncovers idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning. Let’s break down 「南航北騎」 and its usage.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「南航北騎」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

Describes riding a boat or a horse, traveling north and south.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

nán háng běi qí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

naam4 hong4 bak1 ke4

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