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冰山一角
  bing1 saan1 jat1 gok3   jyutping
  bing1 shan1 yi1 jiao3   pinyin
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This Chinese idiom is a semantic loan from the English original.

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
冰山一角

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Characters in this word:

 bing1  -  ice
 saan1  -  mountain; hill; peak
 jat1  -  one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
 gok3  -  horn; corner; cape; dime; role; contend
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