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To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「高臥東山」 explained, free of charge.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「高臥東山」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

It is a metaphor for living in seclusion and leading a leisurely life.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gāo wò dōng shān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gou1 ngo6 dung1 saan1

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