4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 991

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

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「水漫金山」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Mythology. Jinshan is located in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shuǐ màn jīn shān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

seui2 maan6 gam1 saan1

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