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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「昭如日星」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

Zhao: obvious. As obvious as the sun and stars. Describes great achievements that are witnessed by everyone. Also written as “bright as the sun and the moon”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhāo rú rì xīng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chiu1 yu4 yat6 sing1

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