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Chinese idioms like 「嶽鎮淵渟」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.

Here’s the idiom 「嶽鎮淵渟」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Like a mountain that stands firm, like deep water that is stagnant. It was originally used to describe the army as stable and unshakable. Later it is often used to describe people who are firm and calm.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yuè zhèn yuān tīng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ngok6 jan3 yun1 ting4

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