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In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「鴞心鸝舌」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
The heart of an owl, the song of an oriole. It is a metaphor for having vicious intentions but speaking sweetly.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiāo xīn lí shé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hiu1 sam1 lei4 sit3
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