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From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「白蟻爭穴」. Details below.

Learn about the idiom 「白蟻爭穴」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

A metaphor for the pursuit of fame and fortune.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bái yǐ zhēng xué

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

baak6 ngai5 jaang1 yut6

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