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Here is the Chinese idiom 「氣吞山河」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

The momentum can engulf mountains and rivers. Used to describe someone who has great courage.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qì tūn shān hé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hei3 tan1 saan1 ho4

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