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Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「高岸深穀」, with its explanation below.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「高岸深穀」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

Refers to a secluded place. Describes something deep, steep and profound. It also refers to the great changes in things.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gāo àn shēn yù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gou1 ngon6 sam1 guk1

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.