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Free resources for learning Chinese are here for you! This series features idioms and proverbs with rich meanings. Check out 「全身遠害」 and its details.

The idiom 「全身遠害」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

keep away. Preserve your life and stay away from disasters and dangerous places. Also written as “keep the whole body away from harm”, “keep the whole body away from disaster”, and “stay away from disaster”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

quán shēn yuǎn hài

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chyun4 san1 yun5 hoi6

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