4 characters Idiom and proverb 19 562

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Introducing the Chinese idiom 「鳥革翬飛」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

Ge: a bird spreading its wings; Hui: a pheasant with colorful feathers. Just like a bird spreads its wings and a pheasant takes flight. In the old days, it was used to describe the splendor of palaces.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

niǎo gé huī fēi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

niu5 gaak3 fai1 fei1

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