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Here’s the idiom 「探竿影草」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Probing poles and shadow grass are methods used by fishermen to gather fish and then cast nets to catch them. Zen Buddhism uses it to illustrate inspiring teaching according to circumstances.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tàn gān yǐng cǎo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

taam3 gon1 ying2 chou2

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