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Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「來鴻去燕」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

A metaphor for a person whose whereabouts are uncertain.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lái hóng qù yàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

loi4 hung4 heui3 yin3

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