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Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「彤雲密布」 and its explanation.

The featured idiom 「彤雲密布」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Tongyun: Tong means red, sometimes referring to the red clouds; sometimes referring to the evenly dense dark clouds before snow falls. Thick clouds covered the sky, indicating that heavy snow is coming.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tóng yún mì bù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tung4 wan4 mat6 bou3

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