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Today’s idiom is 「一目了然」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

Mu: look; leonan: clearly, understand. It’s very clear at a glance.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī mù le rán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 muk6 liu5/liu4 yin4

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