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Let’s learn about the idiom 「鳥哭猿啼」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
Generally refers to the cries of animals. Describes a sad scene.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
niǎo kū yuán tí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
niu5 huk1 yun4 tai4
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