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We strive to offer you free Chinese learning resources. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, which are rich in meaning and can be used in various situations. Today’s idiom is 「殊路同歸」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

The featured idiom 「殊路同歸」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

A metaphor for taking different approaches to achieve the same result. Same as “different paths lead to the same destination”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shū lù tóng guī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

syu4 lou6 tung4 gwai1

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