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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「塤篪相和」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

In the old days, it was used to describe harmony among brothers.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xūn chí xiàng hé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hyun1 chi4 seung2 wo4

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