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The featured idiom 「靡靡之聲」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Refers to soft and decadent music. Same as “靡靡之音”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mí mí zhī shēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mei5 mei5 ji1 seng1

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