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Let’s learn about the idiom 「陰凝堅冰」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Yin energy begins to condense and turns into frost, and then gradually accumulates and becomes solid ice. It is a metaphor for a villain gradually gaining power and his position becoming increasingly stable.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yīn níng jiān bīng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yam1 ying4 gin1 bing1

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