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For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「騃女癡男」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Refers to men and women who are obsessed with love.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

ái nǚ chī nán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ji6 neui5 chi1 naam4

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