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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「流連忘反」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

I am so reluctant to leave that I forget to go back.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

liú lián wàng fǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lau4 lin4 mong4 faan2

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