4 characters Idiom and proverb 29 995

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This feature highlights the idiom 「齧雪餐氈」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

A metaphor for the difficult life in a difficult situation.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

niè xuě cān zhān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ngit6 syut3 chaan1 jin1

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