4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 100

Learn advanced Chinese idioms like 「天冠地屨」, following the path from basic characters to phrases, all with this free resource.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「天冠地屨」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

A metaphor for the huge difference between two parties.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tiān guàn dì jù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tin1 gun3 dei6/dei2 geui3

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