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Here, we present the idiom 「百川朝海」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

All waters run to the sea. It is often used to describe countless scattered things gathering into one place.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bǎi chuān cháo hǎi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

baak3 chyun1 jiu1 hoi2

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