Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「深不可測」 here, with meaning and examples.
The idiom 「深不可測」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.
Too deep to measure. A metaphor for the unpredictable situation of things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shēn bù kě cè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sam1 bat1 ho2 chak1
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