We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「陵穀變遷」, with its explanation below.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「陵穀變遷」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
Mausoleum: a large earthen hill; Valley: a path between two mountains. Hills become valleys and valleys become hills. It is a metaphor for the changes in the world and the reversal of positions of high and low.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
líng yù biàn qiān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ling4 guk1 bin3 chin1
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