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We’re presenting the idiom 「久經風霜」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

A metaphor for the tempering that has been endured through long periods of hardship and difficulty.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiǔ jīng fēng shuāng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gau2 ging1 fung1 seung1

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