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The idiom 「楚尾吳頭」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

The ancient Yuzhang area is located in the lower reaches of Chu and the upper reaches of Wu, like a connection from head to tail, so it is called “the tail of Chu and the head of Wu”. Generally refers to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chǔ wěi wú tóu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cho2 mei5 ng4 tau4

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