Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「百川歸海」, explained here.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「百川歸海」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Chuan: river. Many rivers flow into the sea. A metaphor for the general trend or popular expectation. It also refers to many scattered things gathering into one place.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bǎi chuān guī hǎi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
baak3 chyun1 gwai1 hoi2
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
