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Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「魚龍變化」, explained here.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「魚龍變化」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

Refers to the fish changing into a dragon. A metaphor for fundamental changes in the world or people.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yú lóng biàn huà

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yu2 lung4 bin3 fa3

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