4 characters Idiom and proverb 10 389

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This introduction highlights the idiom 「依依不舍」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

Yiyi: the look of attachment; She: to give up. Describes the reluctance to leave.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī yī bù shě

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yi1 yi1 bat1 se3

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