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The idiom being introduced now is 「急如星火」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Spark: shooting star. A light like a shooting star flashed through the sky. Describes something that is extremely urgent and pressing.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jí rú xīng huǒ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gap1 yu4 sing1 fo2
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