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Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「高遏行雲」, explained below.

The idiom 「高遏行雲」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

Describes a singing voice that is high-pitched and loud.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gāo è háng yún

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gou1 aat3 haang4/hong4/hang4 wan4

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.