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Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「堅韌不拔」, with details below.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「堅韌不拔」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Describes a firm and unshakable will.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiān rèn bù bá

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gin1 yan6 bat1 bat6

Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.