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From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「一以貫之」. Details below.

Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「一以貫之」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

Guan: run through. Use a fundamental principle to connect the beginning and end of a matter or the entire logic of the matter.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī yǐ guàn zhī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 yi5 gun3 ji1

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