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The idiom being introduced now is 「威風掃地」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

Completely lost its dignity and credibility.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wēi fēng sǎo dì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wai1 fung1 sou3 dei6

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