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The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「八難三災」, detailing its meaning and use.

Learn about the idiom 「八難三災」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

metaphor for a child who is born with many illnesses. It also describes frequently encountering misfortunes.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bā nán sān zāi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

baat3 naan4 saam1 joi1

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