Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「天南海北」, with more below.
Here’s the idiom 「天南海北」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Describes different regions that are far apart. It also describes a conversation that is rambling.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tiān nán hǎi běi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tin1 naam4 hoi2 bak1
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