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

Discover the idiom 「瓜瓞綿綿」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

De: small melon; mianmian: the appearance of continuity. Just like a continuous vine with many melons of different sizes growing on it. Quoted to wish prosperity to descendants.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

guā dié mián mián

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gwa1 dit6 min4 min4

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