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Our focus this time is on the idiom 「身敗名裂」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Body: identity, status; defeat: destruction; crack: damage. Loss of status, ruined reputation. Refers to doing bad things and suffering complete failure.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shēn bài míng liè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
san1 baai6 ming4 lit6
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