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Here is the Chinese idiom 「刻骨銘心」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Engraved deep in the soul. Describes a memory that is deeply rooted and will never be forgotten.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

kè gǔ míng xīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hak1 gwat1 ming4 sam1

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