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Character combinations make words; words evolve into idioms. Learn 「一牛九鎖」 today with this free Chinese resource.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「一牛九鎖」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

metaphor for being unable to escape.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī niú jiǔ suǒ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 ngau4 gau2 so2

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