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Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「卓爾獨行」 and its usage.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「卓爾獨行」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

It means to surpass others and not follow the crowd.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhuó ěr dú háng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheuk3 yi5 duk6 haang4/hong4/hang4

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