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This feature highlights the idiom 「牛蹄之涔」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
涔: rainwater. Water accumulated in the cow’s hoof print. Describes very little water. It also refers to being in a situation where one cannot do anything.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
niú tí zhī cén
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngau4 tai4 ji1 sam4
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