4 characters Idiom and proverb 24 905

Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「銀山鐵壁」 and how it’s used.

The featured idiom 「銀山鐵壁」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

A metaphor for something that is very strong and indestructible.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yín shān tiě bì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ngan2/ngan4 saan1 tit3 bik1

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