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This introduction highlights the idiom 「拈花微笑」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

Originally a Buddhist term, it refers to the complete understanding of Zen principles. Later it is used to describe the mutual agreement of mind.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

niān huā wēi xiào

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

nim1 fa1 mei4 siu3

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