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We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「順風行船」, with its explanation below.

Discover the idiom 「順風行船」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

Sail with the wind. It is a metaphor for taking advantage of a favorable situation to do things, using little effort but achieving great results.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shùn fēng háng chuán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

seun6 fung1 haang4 syun2

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