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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「汗牛塞棟」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Used to describe a large collection of books. Same as “a room filled with books”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hàn niú sāi dòng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hon6 ngau4 sak1 dung6
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