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Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「河門海口」, detailed below.

Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「河門海口」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

A metaphor for bragging.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hé mén hǎi kǒu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ho4 mun4 hoi2 hau2

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