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The Chinese idiom 「浮雲蔽日」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.
Floating clouds covered the sun. Originally it was a metaphor for treacherous people deceiving the monarch. Later it generally refers to a situation where villains are in power and the society is in darkness.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fú yún bì rì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fau4 wan4 bai3 yat6
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