4 characters Idiom and proverb 14 915

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The featured idiom 「乘虛蹈隙」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

It means to hit the nail on the head. A metaphor for hitting the middle node.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chéng xū dǎo xì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sing4 heui1 dou6 kwik1/gwik1

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