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The idiom being introduced now is 「如椽大筆」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

A pen as thick as a rafter. It is a metaphor for the handwriting used to record important events, and also a metaphor for powerful writing.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rú chuán dà bǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yu4 chyun4 daai6 bat1

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