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Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「開國元勳」 and its explanation.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「開國元勳」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Hero: A person who has made outstanding contributions. Refers to people who have made great contributions to the establishment of a new country or dynasty.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

kāi guó yuán xūn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hoi1 gwok3 yun4 fan1

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