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Today’s idiom is 「河山帶礪」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
The Yellow River is as thin as a belt, and Mount Tai is as small as a grindstone. It is a metaphor that time is so long that no turmoil can change one’s mind.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hé shān dài lì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ho4 saan1 daai3/daai2 lai6
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