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Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「漸不可長」. Explanation below.

We’re presenting the idiom 「漸不可長」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

It means that bad things that have just emerged should not be allowed to develop and grow.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiàn bù kě zhǎng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jim6 bat1 ho2 cheung4/jeung2

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.