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We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「山崩海嘯」, explained below.

Introducing the idiom 「山崩海嘯」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Mountains collapsed and the sea roared.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shān bēng hǎi xiào

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

saan1 bang1 hoi2 siu3

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