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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「聳壑淩霄」, with its usage explained below.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「聳壑淩霄」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

Out of the valley, high into the sky. A metaphor for achieving higher goals than others.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

sǒng hè líng xiāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sung2 kok3 ling4 siu1

Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.