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We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「萬縷千絲」, explained below.

The Chinese idiom 「萬縷千絲」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.

Thousands of silk threads, tens of thousands of lines. Originally used to describe one stick after another, countless in number. It is now mostly used to describe the close and complex connections between each other.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wàn lǚ qiān sī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

maan6 leui5 chin1 si1

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.