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Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「攀藤附葛」, as shown below.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「攀藤附葛」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

Climb up the vines and move forward. It means that the road is extremely difficult.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

pān téng fù gě

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

paan1 tang4 fu6 got3

Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.